Journal of the Franklin InstitutePergamon Press, 1865 |
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... described has been proved by experiment to be altogether fallacious . For by this mode FIG . 1 . FIG . 2 . B OA FIG . 3 . A B FIG . 4 FIG . 5 . FIG . 6 . 12 6 5 Fig . 1. Link for Kieff Bridge . Depth of head , 161⁄2 inches , of centre ...
... described has been proved by experiment to be altogether fallacious . For by this mode FIG . 1 . FIG . 2 . B OA FIG . 3 . A B FIG . 4 FIG . 5 . FIG . 6 . 12 6 5 Fig . 1. Link for Kieff Bridge . Depth of head , 161⁄2 inches , of centre ...
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... described , most engineers have made the pins of their chains far too small , whereby much money has been wasted by making the links of a size , and consequently of a strength , of which it was , through the smallness of the pins ...
... described , most engineers have made the pins of their chains far too small , whereby much money has been wasted by making the links of a size , and consequently of a strength , of which it was , through the smallness of the pins ...
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... described by John Wilkinson , who patented it in 1792. His smelting furnace ( and smelting is from the Dutch word smelten , signifying melting only , and not necessarily the extraction of ores ) was , to use his own words , " made very ...
... described by John Wilkinson , who patented it in 1792. His smelting furnace ( and smelting is from the Dutch word smelten , signifying melting only , and not necessarily the extraction of ores ) was , to use his own words , " made very ...
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... described . But absolute strength in the iron of large castings is of little con- sequence unless they cool , after pouring , in such a manner as not to leave them subject to considerable internal strains . We know that the late ...
... described . But absolute strength in the iron of large castings is of little con- sequence unless they cool , after pouring , in such a manner as not to leave them subject to considerable internal strains . We know that the late ...
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... described , are in use throughout the States ; and are preferred to all others , even to the best English made wrought iron wheels , a num- ber of which by the Lowmoor Company were put in use on the Hud- son River Railroad in 1851 ...
... described , are in use throughout the States ; and are preferred to all others , even to the best English made wrought iron wheels , a num- ber of which by the Lowmoor Company were put in use on the Hud- son River Railroad in 1851 ...
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