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... plates Density of steam ! The law of expansion APPENDICES . 299 • 301 · 303 304 306 313 I. On the resistance of Basalt to crushing 315 II . Mr. Grantham's views on the strength of iron ships 316 III . Letters to " The Times " on iron ...
... plates Density of steam ! The law of expansion APPENDICES . 299 • 301 · 303 304 306 313 I. On the resistance of Basalt to crushing 315 II . Mr. Grantham's views on the strength of iron ships 316 III . Letters to " The Times " on iron ...
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... plates INDICES . rushing ength of iron ships ship building . LIST OF PLATES . I. ELEVATION OF EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS II . PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS III . APPARATUS FOR EXPERIMENTS ON THE TENSII STRENGTH OF IRON IV . FRACTURED SURFACES OF ...
... plates INDICES . rushing ength of iron ships ship building . LIST OF PLATES . I. ELEVATION OF EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS II . PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS III . APPARATUS FOR EXPERIMENTS ON THE TENSII STRENGTH OF IRON IV . FRACTURED SURFACES OF ...
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... plates , so as to ensure safety on the one hand , and eco- nomy of material in its judicious distribution on the other . Hitherto it has been considered an undisputed axiom among practical engineers , that a cylindrical tube , such as a ...
... plates , so as to ensure safety on the one hand , and eco- nomy of material in its judicious distribution on the other . Hitherto it has been considered an undisputed axiom among practical engineers , that a cylindrical tube , such as a ...
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Being a Series of Lectures Sir William Fairbairn. In these exp plates of unifor shown by the form after colla On consultin me diameter in strength w 19 inches and powers of res ments 1 and 1 that the latte half the pres long been a ...
Being a Series of Lectures Sir William Fairbairn. In these exp plates of unifor shown by the form after colla On consultin me diameter in strength w 19 inches and powers of res ments 1 and 1 that the latte half the pres long been a ...
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... plates of uniform thickness , and of the f shown by the figures in the column of r form after collapse is also indicated by the v On consulting Table I. , it appears that same diameter and the same thickness o in strength when of ...
... plates of uniform thickness , and of the f shown by the figures in the column of r form after collapse is also indicated by the v On consulting Table I. , it appears that same diameter and the same thickness o in strength when of ...
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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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