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... load is excessive , or where material is subjected to severe strain . The necessity of these experiments was the more apparent some years since , in the construction of the Britannia and Conway tubular bridges , when fears were ...
... load is excessive , or where material is subjected to severe strain . The necessity of these experiments was the more apparent some years since , in the construction of the Britannia and Conway tubular bridges , when fears were ...
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... load was removed . All the brickwork began to show irregular cracks a con- siderable time before it gave way . The average weight supported by these bricks was 33.5 tons per square foot , equal to a column 583.69 feet high , of such ...
... load was removed . All the brickwork began to show irregular cracks a con- siderable time before it gave way . The average weight supported by these bricks was 33.5 tons per square foot , equal to a column 583.69 feet high , of such ...
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... load , and lays the straw in parallel lines , ready to be bound into sheaves . This machine , like Cour- nier's , has some clever devices , but requires further altera- tion to simplify and make it more effective and complete ...
... load , and lays the straw in parallel lines , ready to be bound into sheaves . This machine , like Cour- nier's , has some clever devices , but requires further altera- tion to simplify and make it more effective and complete ...
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... load by its resistance to compression and extension , along the top and bottom flanches . The true development of girder bridges was not , how- ever , attained , until the experiments in connection with the erection of the Conway and ...
... load by its resistance to compression and extension , along the top and bottom flanches . The true development of girder bridges was not , how- ever , attained , until the experiments in connection with the erection of the Conway and ...
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... load is equivalent to W = 400 x 24 x 60 300 = 1920 tons , or in other words , a weight of 960 tons suspended from bow and stern , apart from the vessel's own weight 250 IRON SHIPBUILDING . Proportion of deck section to keel •
... load is equivalent to W = 400 x 24 x 60 300 = 1920 tons , or in other words , a weight of 960 tons suspended from bow and stern , apart from the vessel's own weight 250 IRON SHIPBUILDING . Proportion of deck section to keel •
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