Note 24 — Chapter I · EARLY LIFE. A.D. 1806—1828.
Reading edition
This description is based on the translation given by Mr. Drewry (Suspension Bridges, London, 1832, p. 75), from the Mémoire sur les Ponts Suspendus, by M. Navier (Paris, 1823, p. 49). M. Navier saw the bridges when they were erected at Sheffield in May 1823.