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Henry L. Abbot

Henry Larcom Abbot (August 13, 1831 – October 1, 1927) was a military engineer and career officer in the United States Army. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was appointed brevet brigadier general of volunteers for his contributions in engineering and artillery. In 1866 he received additional brevet appointments as major general of volunteers and brigadier general in the Regular Army. He conducted several scientific studies of the Mississippi River with captain, later Major General Andrew A. Humphreys. After his retirement, Abbot served as a consultant for the locks on the Panama Canal. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1863. (From Wikipedia)

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Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883

Books by Henry L. Abbot:

Abbot, Henry L.: Report Upon the Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi River; Upon the Protection of the Alluvial Region Against Overflow; and Upon the Deepening of the Mouths (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co., 1861), also by A. A. Humphreys (page images at HathiTrust)

Additional books by Henry L. Abbot in the extended shelves:

Abbot, Henry L.: Climatology of the Isthmus of Panama. (Washington, 1899), also by United States. Weather Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: Climatology of the Isthmus of Panama ... ([Washington, D.C.], 1903) (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: Disposition of rainfall in the basin of the Chagres. ([Washington, 1904) (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: General G. K. Warren. ([West Point?, 1883) (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: General G.K. Warren. ([West Point?, 1883) (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: Hourly climatic records on the Isthmus of Panama. (n.p., 1904) (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: Manitowoc, Wis., its harbor lines, car-ferry, slips and dock facilities : report to the Milwaukee & Lake Winnebago Railroad Company, submitted December 5, 1895 (A. Mudge, printers, 1896), also by Milwaukee and Lake Winnebago Railroad Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: Materiel of the submarine mining service of the United States army : with a manual for its use in coast defense. Submitted to Brig.-General J. C. Duane, chief of engineers (Printed on the press of the Battalion of engineers, 1887), also by United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: Natural conditions affecting the building of the Panama Canal (s.n., 1904) (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: The new Panama canal (The Forum publishing company, 1898) (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: Note de Monsieur le général Abbot sur l'alimentation du canal (rédigée avec la collaboration de Mr. Choron) (Auto-imp. L. Courtier, 1899), also by Choron (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: Notes on electricity, in its applications to submarine mining. (Printed on Battalion press., 1875) (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: Notes on electricity in military and industrial engineering. (Printed on the Press of the Battalion of Engineers, 1888), also by John Millis and U.S. Army Engineer School (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: The Panama Canal under control of the United States (Harvard Engineering Society, 1906) (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: Physics and hydraulics of the Mississippi (Van Nostrand's engineering magazine, 1878), also by A. A. Humphreys and G. Hagen (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: Physics and hydraulics of the Mississippi : reply to criticisms made by Dr. Hagen (Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine, 1878), also by A. A. Humphreys and YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: Present status of the Panama project (The American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1908) (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: Regulation of rivers in the interests of navigation. (1909) (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: Regulation of rivers in the interests of navigation and modes of gauging the flow of water. ([Washington, 1909) (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: Report of the Board on Fortifications or Other Defenses appointed by the President of the United States under the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1885 ... (Govt. Print. Off., 1886), also by United States. Board on Fortifications or Other Defenses, Joseph Morgan, William Thomas Sampson, S. V. Benét, and William Crowninshield Endicott (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: Report upon experiments and investigations to develop a system of submarine mines for defending the harbors of the United States. (Govt. print. off., 1881) (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: Report upon the physics and hydraulics of the Mississippi River;upon the protection of the alluvial region against overflow; and upon the deepening of the mouths: based upon surveys and investigations made under the acts of Congress directing the topographical and hydrographical survey of the delta of the Mississippi River, with such investigations as might lead to determine the most practicable plan for securing it from inundation, and the best mode of deepening the channels at the mouths of the river. Submitted to the Bureau of Topographical Engineers, War Department, 1861. (Govt. Print. Off., 1876), also by A. A. Humphreys (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbot, Henry L.: Siege artillery in the campaigns against Richmond, with notes on the 15-inch gun, including an algebraic analysis of the trajectory of a shot in its ricochets upon smooth water. (Govt. print. off., 1867) (page images at HathiTrust)

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