Practical treatise on the construction of iron highway bridges, for the use of town committees.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9781425514174
Subjects: History / United States / General
First sentence: THE essential elements of a good bridge consist in so applying the materials of construction to a given design as to have all parts of the work equally strong under the maximum loads that can ever come upon it, and that proper relation, called the "factor of safety," should exist between the maximum loading and the strength of the structure.