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Excerpt from Graphic and Analytic Statics: In Their Practical Application to the Treatment of Stresses in Roofs, Solid Girders, Lattice, Bowstring and Suspension Bridges, Braced Iron Arches and Piers, and Other Frameworks
I am also under obligation to Mr. W. G. Owen, Chief Engineer of the Great Western Railway, who kindly permitted me to choose examples from the practice existing on that line, as well as to Mr. Edmund Olander, of the same railway, for the readiness he shewed in supplying me with information concerning the structures I wished to set as examples.
Whilst preparing the chapter on Wind Pressures, I have been able, through the courtesy of Mr. James Forrest, the Secretary, to examine the valuable documents in the posses sion of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
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I am also under obligation to Mr. W. G. Owen, Chief Engineer of the Great Western Railway, who kindly permitted me to choose examples from the practice existing on that line, as well as to Mr. Edmund Olander, of the same railway, for the readiness he shewed in supplying me with information concerning the structures I wished to set as examples.
Whilst preparing the chapter on Wind Pressures, I have been able, through the courtesy of Mr. James Forrest, the Secretary, to examine the valuable documents in the posses sion of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Robert Hudson Graham
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780332943794
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm
Page Count - 423
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Contributors
Author
Robert Hudson Graham
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781331964827
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm
Page Count - 425
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