Excerpt from Catalogue of the Library of the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y: Exhibiting Its Condition at the Close of the Year 1852 Flandres. 1 vol. 4to.. Strasbourg, 17 50. 41 Douglas (howard). Essay on the Principles and Construction of Military Bridges and the passage of Rivers. 1 vol. 8vo. London, 1816. 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.