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- ↑ Thomas Fitch Rowland Prize '
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Constitution and List of Members" American Society of Civil Engineers 1909; List of award winners pp 25, 26
- ↑ Handbook of Hydraulics for the Solution of Hydrostatic and Fluid-flow Problems 1918 ; page 38
- 1 2 3 4 Proceedings, Volumes 18-20 The Society, 1892; page 38
- ↑ Kitchener (Berlin), 1880-1960 Rych Mills; Arcadia Publishing, 2002; page 15
- ↑ Durability of Bridge Structures: Proceedings of the 7th New York City Bridge Conference, 26-27 August 2013 Khaled Mahmoud; CRC Press, 2013 page 290
- ↑ Thomas Fitch Rowland Prize Past Award Winners