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... extended circle of readers and students . And it must be admitted by all that the works which form the main subjects of the following pages have claims of nearly unprecedented amount upon our attention , being new , great , and useful ...
... extended circle of readers and students . And it must be admitted by all that the works which form the main subjects of the following pages have claims of nearly unprecedented amount upon our attention , being new , great , and useful ...
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... extended experience . It is seldom that the invention of works of new design and skilful mechanical arrangement is due entirely to one mind , any more than their construction is due to one pair of hands : hence great difficulty arises ...
... extended experience . It is seldom that the invention of works of new design and skilful mechanical arrangement is due entirely to one mind , any more than their construction is due to one pair of hands : hence great difficulty arises ...
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... extended application in buildings , and the proportions had been correctly determined for beams of this material , intended to supersede horizontal beams of wood , their employment in the formation of bridges of limited span soon ...
... extended application in buildings , and the proportions had been correctly determined for beams of this material , intended to supersede horizontal beams of wood , their employment in the formation of bridges of limited span soon ...
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... extend its use to larger spans , induced attempts to combine wrought iron with cast metal in such a manner as should impart to the compound structure the superior power to resist extension , which wrought iron is well known to possess ...
... extend its use to larger spans , induced attempts to combine wrought iron with cast metal in such a manner as should impart to the compound structure the superior power to resist extension , which wrought iron is well known to possess ...
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... extended . As an instance of the great size of which plates are now rolled , we may mention some recently made by the Coalbrook Dale Iron Company , for the bottom plates of steam generators , the dimensions of which were 10 feet 7 ...
... extended . As an instance of the great size of which plates are now rolled , we may mention some recently made by the Coalbrook Dale Iron Company , for the bottom plates of steam generators , the dimensions of which were 10 feet 7 ...
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abutments Anglesea applied arch Architect ARCHITECTURE bar iron bars beam bolted bottom plates breaking weight Britannia Bridge Britannia Tubular Bridges Builders C.E. Illustrated cast cast-iron cast-iron girders centre chains cloth boards cohesive power compression connected construction Conway cylinder deflection depth diagonal diameter dimensions ditto Edition erected experiments Fairbairn feet 6 inches fixed flange frames girder bridge HENRY LAW Holyhead horizontal improvements inch thick inches inches wide joints load LOCKWOOD longitudinal LUDGATE HILL main tubes malleable iron masonry material Mathematics Mechanical Menai Menai Straits Messrs metal Mining numerous Illustrations Outfall Sewer patent piers Practical Principles railway RALPH TATE rectangular resist revised and enlarged ribs rivets roadway Rudimentary Treatise Science SCOTT BURN side plates span spandrils square inch Steam Stephenson straits strength structure Surveyor suspension bridge T-iron Tables tical Timber tion tons top and bottom transverse vertical volume width Woodcuts wrought wrought-iron
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