A PRACTICAL TREATISE

ON THE

CONSTRUCTION AND FORMATION

OF

RAILWAYS.

Entered at Stationers Hall.

ON THE

CONSTRUCTION AND FORMATION

OF

RAILWAYS,

CONTAINING

THE MOST APPROVED SYSTEMS OF

EXCAVATING, HAULAGE, EMBANKING,
PERMANENT WAYLAYING, &c. &c.

ALSO, THE METHOD OF ESTIMATING

THE GROSS LOAD AND USEFUL EFFECT PRODUCED BY MECHANICAL
OR OTHER MOTIVE POWER UPON A LEVEL,

AND UPON ANY INCLINATION;

ILLUSTRATED WITH

DIAGRAMS AND ORIGINAL USEFUL TABLES.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

COMPREHENSIVE EARTHWORK TABLES.

BY JAS. DAY,

AUTHOR OF THE RAILWAY CALCULATOR, OR ENGINEERS' AND
CONTRACTORS' ASSISTANT, &c. &c.

Third Edition.

LONDON:

JOHN WEALE, 59, HIGH HOLBORN;
AND SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO

ΤΟ

JOSEPH LOCKE, ESQ. M.P., F.R.S.,

AND

J. E. ERRINGTON, ESQ., M. Inst. C. E.,

THIS WORK IS,

WITH THEIR KIND PERMISSION,

RESPECTFULLY

DEDICATED,

BY THEIR MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.