AUTHOR'S OWN COPY
Collection of aprox. 50 scientific articles by Merriman.
vp: 1875-1906.
Price: $400.00
About the item
Thick 8vo. AUTHOR'S OWN COPY. Bound on 3/4 red morocco and marbled boards. Very Good.
Item #262352
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"Mansfield Merriman (1848-1925) was an American civil engineer, born at Southington, Conn. He graduated at Sheffield Scientific School (Yale) in 1871, was assistant in the United States Corps of Engineers in 1872-73, and instructor in civil engineering at Sheffield from 1875 to 1878. He was professor of civil engineering in Lehigh University from 1878 to 1907 and thereafter a consulting civil and hydraulic engineer. From 1880 to 1885 he was also assistant on the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. His researches in hydraulics, bridges, strength of materials, and pure mathematics are important/."
With pencil portrait of him laid in.
