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Page 10
... middle or river span of 1595.5 feet between centers of towers , and two side or land spans each 930 feet from center of tower to face of anchorage or 954 feet to point of cable attachment . Each cable consists of nineteen strands of 332 ...
... middle or river span of 1595.5 feet between centers of towers , and two side or land spans each 930 feet from center of tower to face of anchorage or 954 feet to point of cable attachment . Each cable consists of nineteen strands of 332 ...
Page 19
... middle roller is placed 6 inches outside the center of saddle , the saddle 7 inches beyond center of plate , and the latter 12 inches outside the center of tower , all in direction towards the land This was done as a precaution , to pro ...
... middle roller is placed 6 inches outside the center of saddle , the saddle 7 inches beyond center of plate , and the latter 12 inches outside the center of tower , all in direction towards the land This was done as a precaution , to pro ...
Page 53
... middle span , and a rise in the side spans . 4. The cables are manufactured in a vertical plane , but afterwards they are drawn in an inclined position which causes the vertex of the center curve to rise again . 5. The changes in ...
... middle span , and a rise in the side spans . 4. The cables are manufactured in a vertical plane , but afterwards they are drawn in an inclined position which causes the vertex of the center curve to rise again . 5. The changes in ...
Page 59
... the motion of saddles is not known before hand , or in other words , that the relative span of middle and land cable is not defined , makes a general solution of the problem impossible . But under certain supposi- tions , the correctness ...
... the motion of saddles is not known before hand , or in other words , that the relative span of middle and land cable is not defined , makes a general solution of the problem impossible . But under certain supposi- tions , the correctness ...
Page 72
... middle cable , must be made ; but it will be sufficient to consider the load supported by stays as equally distributed . Though this assumption will make a noted difference in the shape of curve , it will change the amount of horizontal ...
... middle cable , must be made ; but it will be sufficient to consider the load supported by stays as equally distributed . Though this assumption will make a noted difference in the shape of curve , it will change the amount of horizontal ...
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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