John Rennie, 1761-1821: The Life and Work of a Great EngineerManchester University Press, 1963 - 149 էջ |
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... cast iron at its best in his bridges . These were all , so far as is known , of arch construction , and thus the material was kept in compression , as suited its limitations . He prepared many designs for these structures , and numbers ...
... cast iron at its best in his bridges . These were all , so far as is known , of arch construction , and thus the material was kept in compression , as suited its limitations . He prepared many designs for these structures , and numbers ...
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... cast - iron aqueduct across the Ribble . This was never built , and the cast - iron road bridge at Boston , built in 1800 , seems to have been his first executed work in this material . His most ambitious scheme was a plan to bridge the ...
... cast - iron aqueduct across the Ribble . This was never built , and the cast - iron road bridge at Boston , built in 1800 , seems to have been his first executed work in this material . His most ambitious scheme was a plan to bridge the ...
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... Cast - iron arch £ 6310 . Rennie recommended ( 1 ) but the cor- poration chose ( 2 ) and this was built . Drawings existing . " 1801 Rye Harbour . Examination and report by Rennie and William Jessop . Ribble Aqueduct and connecting ...
... Cast - iron arch £ 6310 . Rennie recommended ( 1 ) but the cor- poration chose ( 2 ) and this was built . Drawings existing . " 1801 Rye Harbour . Examination and report by Rennie and William Jessop . Ribble Aqueduct and connecting ...
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