MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

INSTITUTION

OF

CIVIL ENGINEERS;

WITH

ABSTRACTS OF THE DISCUSSIONS.

VOL. XII.

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SESSION 1852-53.

EDITED BY

CHARLES. MANBY, F.R.S., M. INST. C.E.,

SECRETARY.

INDEX, PAGE 613.

LONDON:

Published by the Institution,

25 GREAT GEORGE STREET, WESTMINSTER.

1853.

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