Excerpt from Methods of Trench ExcavationThe selection of the method best suited, and hence the efficiency of the work upon which any trench excavation depends, rests entirely upon the Judgment of the person in charge. For this reason the importance of a thorough study of the various methods available cannot be too strongly emphasized.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.