Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Romance of Engineering
At every point of operation a good engineer will use to the best advantage possible, the' materials and facilities for his work found at hand for the time being; and this is what the Romans did. Not having cast'iron pipes, they builded as could best be done without them, and were we deprived of cast iron, wrought iron, and steel pipes, we should to-day be obliged to build water works pretty much as they built them.
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