Field-Book for Railroad Engineers

Field-Book for Railroad Engineers, by John Benjamin Henck, originally published in 1888, is a comprehensive manual for civil engineers involved in railroad construction and maintenance. This practical guide contains essential formulae for laying out curves, determining frog angles, leveling, and calculating earthwork. The book also includes extensive tables of radii, ordinates, deflections, long chords, logarithms, and logarithmic and natural sines.

Designed for use in the field, this book p...