A Treatise on the Strength of Timber, Cast Iron, Malleable Iron and Other Materials: With Rules for Application in Architecture, the Construction of ... of Locomotive Engines, and the Effect of

Excerpt from A Treatise on the Strength of Timber, Cast Iron, Malleable Iron and Other Materials: With Rules for Application in Architecture, the Construction of Suspension Bridges, Railways, &C.; And an Appendix, on the Power of Locomotive Engines, and the Effect of Inclined Planes and GradientsThe first edition of my 'Essay on the Strength and Stress of Timber' was published in 1817, since which it has gone through three editions: another edition having been called for, I have thought it right to remodel the whole, and to introduce into it a great variety of matter not found in the original Work. At the time of the first publication, the construction of suspension bridges was in its infancy, and the application of malleable iron for the purposes of railways unknown. These, and various novel applications of timber, iron, and other materials, to different mechanical works, have rendered it necessary to investigate, experimentally and theoretically, many subjects which were not known when the first edition of this Work was published, and which it was difficult to introduce without remodelling the whole.This has been accordingly done, and it is hoped that the utility of the Work has been thereby greatly increased.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.