Sganzin, M.E.:

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AN ELEMENTARY COURSE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING...FROM THE THIRD FRENCH EDITION WITH NOTES AND APPLICATIONS ADAPTED TO THE UNITED STATES. Third American edition; first published in Paris, 1809; first American edition published 1827. The question of English versus French influence in early 19th-century technology in America is one of some importance. French texts came to be preferred because of their emphasis on first principles and their compatibility with the empirical methods used in America. Text books used at our early institutions for technical education are of much help to the historian. Sganzin was used at West Point from 1823.

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