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Page 6
... will always be clumsy and require more extensive masonry than the compact and neat wire connection . A cable of wire ropes for the East River Bridge , consequently must be rejected . 1 ( which , for instance , was used at 6.
... will always be clumsy and require more extensive masonry than the compact and neat wire connection . A cable of wire ropes for the East River Bridge , consequently must be rejected . 1 ( which , for instance , was used at 6.
Page 8
... connected with it , namely , the loss of time involved , from the fact that towers and anchora- ges must be finished , before cable making can commence . This is not the case with the first two methods ; wire ropes or wire strands can ...
... connected with it , namely , the loss of time involved , from the fact that towers and anchora- ges must be finished , before cable making can commence . This is not the case with the first two methods ; wire ropes or wire strands can ...
Page 13
... connected with a steam engine , give motion to it . The traveling sheave with two wires are carried over by the rope . One wire , which is fasten- ed to the leg appears to stand still , while the other , which unwinds from the drum ...
... connected with a steam engine , give motion to it . The traveling sheave with two wires are carried over by the rope . One wire , which is fasten- ed to the leg appears to stand still , while the other , which unwinds from the drum ...
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... connections for hauling are made with the shoe , saving thereby the wires from injury or dis- placement . The shoe in its first position rests on the so - called " leg , " of which a descrip- tion may be in place here , as part of the ...
... connections for hauling are made with the shoe , saving thereby the wires from injury or dis- placement . The shoe in its first position rests on the so - called " leg , " of which a descrip- tion may be in place here , as part of the ...
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... connection with the working rope is the " traveling sheave . " This is a light wooden wheel 5 feet in diameter with a grooved rim of zinc , in which the wire hangs , while traveling It is secured to the traveler by an iron , bent in the ...
... connection with the working rope is the " traveling sheave . " This is a light wooden wheel 5 feet in diameter with a grooved rim of zinc , in which the wire hangs , while traveling It is secured to the traveler by an iron , bent in the ...
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adjusted anchor anchor bars anchorage ASITY attached Berkeley LIBRARY Brooklyn C. E. Illustrated calculation CALIFORN CALIFORNIA LIBRARY cloth connection consists cradle ropes curve deflection distance drum East River Bridge edition engravings equal equation fastened feet final position foot footbridge formula friction GILLMORE Guide Wire guidewire hence high water horizontal tension HYPSOMETRY land cable land span lashing latter length lithographed plates load manufacture masonry Messrs method morocco motion P₁ parabola placed pounds PRACTICAL TREATISE Prof regulated ring river span rollers rolling friction running wire saddle Scale screw shoe side spliced squeezer squeezing standing wire stays steam engine steel rope strain strand stretch suspended SUSPENSION BRIDGES tangent tion tons traveling rope traveling sheave U. S. Navy UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA values vertex W. H. CORFIELD weight wheel wire ropes wooden block wrapping machine wrapping wire Zerah Colburn