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... employed . The Lecture on the Machinery employed in Agriculture was undertaken at the request of several distinguished agriculturalists , and amongst them the Right Honourable the Speaker of the House of Commons . In this brief treatise ...
... employed . The Lecture on the Machinery employed in Agriculture was undertaken at the request of several distinguished agriculturalists , and amongst them the Right Honourable the Speaker of the House of Commons . In this brief treatise ...
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Being a Series of Lectures Sir William Fairbairn. ciently employed , and I have concluded with the expression of a belief that the English agriculturalist might be very much benefited by availing himself of the appliances which the ...
Being a Series of Lectures Sir William Fairbairn. ciently employed , and I have concluded with the expression of a belief that the English agriculturalist might be very much benefited by availing himself of the appliances which the ...
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... employed Page 1 Experiments on the resistance of tubes to collapse • 7 Lap and butt joints • 15 Steel flue 21 Elliptical tubes 24 Resistance to internal pressure 26 Generalisation of the results 28 Practical application to construction ...
... employed Page 1 Experiments on the resistance of tubes to collapse • 7 Lap and butt joints • 15 Steel flue 21 Elliptical tubes 24 Resistance to internal pressure 26 Generalisation of the results 28 Practical application to construction ...
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... employed Experiments on boiler plate 99 on rivet iron 99 on repeated fracture Discussion of the elongations Page 96 • · 100 114 125 127 IV . ON THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF VARIOUS KINDS OF STONE , AS EX- HIBITED BY THEIR POWERS OF ...
... employed Experiments on boiler plate 99 on rivet iron 99 on repeated fracture Discussion of the elongations Page 96 • · 100 114 125 127 IV . ON THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF VARIOUS KINDS OF STONE , AS EX- HIBITED BY THEIR POWERS OF ...
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... the Advan termine the la ressels expose immediate pra curately the f hitherto been It is well application o ment to eco for its produ employ the crease of the even in som I. RESEARCHES ON THE RESISTANCE OF VESSELS OF WROUGHT IRON.
... the Advan termine the la ressels expose immediate pra curately the f hitherto been It is well application o ment to eco for its produ employ the crease of the even in som I. RESEARCHES ON THE RESISTANCE OF VESSELS OF WROUGHT IRON.
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20 tons applied in lbs Author bar iron boiler Boiler plate bridges Britannia Bridge calculated cast-iron collapsing pressure compression construction crane Crown 8vo Crown-glass crushed cube cylinder deck defects diameter elongation experiments external pressure Fahr feet 6 inches fibre Flint-glass flues force formula fracture Grauwacke Green glass HISTORY Illustrations improvements inch in lbs inch thick increase Ingleton iron ships iron vessels keelsons Keyham labour Lectures length load longitudinal machine material mean ments mills millwright nearly observed Penmaenmawr Portrait Post 8vo powers of resistance practical present principle red heat Remarks Rennie Resistance of Glass revised riveted Royal Charter rupture Sandstone Second Edition sectional area specimens square inch Staffordshire steam engine stone Strain applied strength strength of materials stringers subjected temperature tensile tensile strength Thicknesses measured Third Edition tons per square tubes vols wheel Woodcuts wrought iron
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