Quincy Adams Gillmore - Books

Books

  • The Siege and Reduction of Fort Pulaski (1863) (ISBN 0939631075)
  • The Strength of the Building Stones of the United States (1874)
  • A Practical Treatise on Roads, Streets, and Pavements (1876)
  • Limes, Hydraulic Cements, and Mortars (ISBN 1933998245)

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