Excerpt from Foundations and Concrete Works: Containing a Synopsis of the Principal Cases of Foundation Works With the Usual Modes of Treatment, and Practical Remarks on Footings, Planking, Sand, Concrete, B ton, Pile-Driving, Caissons, and Cofferdams This new edition has been carefully revised, and some of the principles and methods Of practice illustrated by additional examples, by Mr. George dodd, oe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.