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... placed at his disposal . The Lectures on the Rise and Progress of Civil and Mechanical Engineering were intended for the information and encouragement of the members of several combined institutions at Derby ; they are historical and ...
... placed at his disposal . The Lectures on the Rise and Progress of Civil and Mechanical Engineering were intended for the information and encouragement of the members of several combined institutions at Derby ; they are historical and ...
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... placed . But although this rule may be true when applied to tubes of indefinite length , or to tubes unsupported by rigid rings at the extremities , it is very far from true where the lengths are restricted within certain apparently ...
... placed . But although this rule may be true when applied to tubes of indefinite length , or to tubes unsupported by rigid rings at the extremities , it is very far from true where the lengths are restricted within certain apparently ...
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... placed . B hen applied to tubes ported by rigid n from true where t apparently constat . ly fastened in frames ternal force . ve the efficiency of De misgivings as to ist a force tending s it was found that considerably less orce than ...
... placed . B hen applied to tubes ported by rigid n from true where t apparently constat . ly fastened in frames ternal force . ve the efficiency of De misgivings as to ist a force tending s it was found that considerably less orce than ...
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... placed upon some balks of timber , in one of the locomotive pits , immediately under the shear legs A , A , for the convenience of lifting and replacing the heavy cover of the cylinder , which had to be removed at the close of each ...
... placed upon some balks of timber , in one of the locomotive pits , immediately under the shear legs A , A , for the convenience of lifting and replacing the heavy cover of the cylinder , which had to be removed at the close of each ...
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... placed has greatly re- e application of science to their improvement , appears , in fact , to be no rule known by which uniformity of strength between those parts of a posed to an internal tensile , and those exposed to al compressive ...
... placed has greatly re- e application of science to their improvement , appears , in fact , to be no rule known by which uniformity of strength between those parts of a posed to an internal tensile , and those exposed to al compressive ...
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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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