A memoir on suspension bridges, comprising the history of their origin and progress, and of their application to civil and military purposes; with descriptions [...] : also an account of experiments on the strength of iron wires and iron bars and rules and tables for facilitating computations relating to suspension b [...]. London : Longman [etc.], 1832
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PDF [1]Piatto anteriore
PDF [3]Valuable works
PDF [21]Frontespizio
PDF [23]To Commander Samuel Brown
PDF [25]Preface.
PDF [29]Contents.
PDF [33]A list of the books and papers cited in the following work.
PDF [34]Errata.
PDF 1 [35]Section I. Historical account of bridges of suspension.
PDF 15 [49]Section II. Experiments on the strength of iron wires, iron bars and chains, and steel bars.
PDF 24 [58]Section III. Small wire bridges in Great Britain; and introduction of bar chains for suspension bridges.
PDF 97 [131]Section IV. Foreign bridges.
PDF 136 [170]Section V. Designs, and bridges in execution.
PDF 150 [184]Section VI. Remarks on materials used for suspension bridges.
PDF 159 [193]Section VII. On the theory of suspension bridges, and on the strengths of materials used in constructing them.
PDF 208 [242]Conclusion.
PDF [248]Illustrazione
PDF [266]Piatto posteriore