John Rennie, 1761-1821: The Life and Work of a Great EngineerManchester University Press, 1963 - 149 էջ |
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Էջ 44
... abutments . Up to this time there had been no rules laid down for the guidance of the engineer or architect , who worked very much in the dark as to principles ; and it was often a matter entirely of chance whether a bridge stood or ...
... abutments . Up to this time there had been no rules laid down for the guidance of the engineer or architect , who worked very much in the dark as to principles ; and it was often a matter entirely of chance whether a bridge stood or ...
Էջ 45
... abutments . We have seen Robison's account of the way in which the horizontal thrust of an arch was to be determined ... abutment necessary to prevent spreading of the arch would be a simple calculation . In this passage it is ...
... abutments . We have seen Robison's account of the way in which the horizontal thrust of an arch was to be determined ... abutment necessary to prevent spreading of the arch would be a simple calculation . In this passage it is ...
Էջ 107
... abutments , arch , retaining wall , and parapet , there is a horizontal string course , and the small awkward area where the buttress is set back from the face of the abutment is covered with a pyramidal broach . Finally the embankment ...
... abutments , arch , retaining wall , and parapet , there is a horizontal string course , and the small awkward area where the buttress is set back from the face of the abutment is covered with a pyramidal broach . Finally the embankment ...
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