Published by Indian Science Congress Association, Calcutta, 1938
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A very scarce article on the progress of engineering in India by Wilfrid Cracroft Ash, with this being the owner's own copy with his hand written corrections. An article originally published in the journal 'Progress of Science in India During the Past Twenty-Five Years'. This copy has been published separately for the author.The author's own copy, with his handwritten editorial corrections throughout. The author, Wilfrid Cracroft Ash, was a civil engineer best known for his invention of pre-stressed concrete.This very scarce article discuses the progress of engineering in India during the early twentieth century. The article covers engineering projects such as the Sutlej valley project, developments in the railway industry, experimental research, and more.In the publisher's original paper covers. In the publisher's original paper covers. Externally, marks to the covers, a closed tear to the head and tail of the spine, and wear to the joints. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with the author's corrections throughout. Very Good. book.