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McMillan, Charles 1841-

Civil engineer; born in Moscow, Russia, March 24, 1841; educated there and in Hamilton, Canada; graduated at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y., in 1860; and became assistant engineer of the Brooklyn waterworks; in 1861-65 he was assistant engineer of the Croton waterworks, New York; in 1865-71 Professor of Geodesy and Road Engineering in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; in 1871-75 Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering in Lehigh University; and in 1875 was called to the chair of Civil Engineering and Applied Mathematics in Princeton University. In 1885 he became editor of Smith's topographical drawing.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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