A Treatise on the Strength of MaterialsLockwood, 1867 - 396 pages |
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angle Area of top Blaenavon bottom rib breadth Breaking weight bridge broke cast iron centre column compression computed constant quantity curve denote diameter dimensions direct cohesion Distance between supports Ditto Eaton Hodgkinson elasticity engine English oak equal feet 6 inches fibres fixed flanges flexure force formula fracture girder given horizontal hot blast inches square increased latter length lever load ments metal middle nearly neutral axis observed obtained pieces pitch pine plane plates pressure proportional props punch rail railway ratio rectangular REMARKS Riga fir rupture sec² specific gravity specimens square bars square inch statical deflection strength of materials supposed Table tensile strength tension thickness timber tion tons top rib trajectory Transverse Strength trial bar ultimate velocity vertical vertical strength Weight in lbs whole wire wood Woolwich Dockyard wrought iron
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Page 417 - Advowsons, &c., and for the Renewing of Leases held under Cathedral Churches, Colleges, or other corporate bodies ; for Terms of Years certain, and for Lives ; also for Valuing Reversionary Estates, Deferred Annuities, Next Presentations, &c. , together with Smart's Five Tables of Compound Interest, and an Extension of the same to lower and Intermediate Rates. By WILLIAM INWOOD, Architect.
Page 421 - Timber Merchant's Companion. THE TIMBER MERCHANT'S 'AND BUILDER'S COMPANION. Containing New and Copious Tables of the Reduced Weight and Measurement of Deals and Battens, of all sizes, from One to a Thousand Pieces, and the relative Price that each size bears per Lineal Foot to any given Price per Petersburg Standard Hundred ; the Price per Cube Foot of Square Timber to any given Price per Load of 50 Feet ; the proportionate Value of Deals and...
Page 418 - Each table is printed on a small card, which, being placed on the theodolite, leaves the hands free to manipulate the instrument — no small advantage as regards the rapidity of work.
Page 417 - Curves without Theodolite on the System of Tangential Angles by Sets of Tangents and Offsets ; and Earthwork Tables to 80 feet deep, calculated for every 6 inches in depth.