Abstract
AN account of the public works in India from the earliest times up to the present day should be useful, if only as an outline for a precise and detailed history of Indian Public Works. The materials for the compilation before us have been collected by the author from various official publications, and the facts are arranged in a satisfactory manner. The subjects treated are the trigonometrical survey of India; roads; irrigation works; railways; water-supply of towns; internal telegraphic system; and sea and harbour works. The data referring to these matters will be valuable to all interested in the progress of India. The work does not appeal to a large public in England; nevertheless, it presents, in a readable form, much useful information on the engineering works which will stand for many years as monuments to British rule in India.
Ways and Works in India.
By G. W. Macgeorge (Westminster: Constable and Co., 1894.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 50, 569 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/050569d0
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