Practical Essay on the Strength of Cast Iron and Other Metals Containing Practical Rules, Tables, and Examples, Founded on a Series of Experiments, with an Extensive Table of the Properties of Materials
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PART I PRACTICAL ESSAY ON THE STRENGTH OF CAST IRON AND OTHER METALS
- ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FOURTH EDITION
- ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- Contents
- SECTION I INTRODUCTION. Art. 1-7
- SECTION II Explanation of the Tables, with Examples of their Use. Art. 8-23
- SECTION III Of the Forms of greatest Strength for Beams to resist Cross Strains. Art. 24-35
- SECTION IV Of the Strongest Form of Section for Beams to resist Cross Strains. Art. 36-45
- SECTION V An Account of Experiments on Cast Iron. Art. 48-87
- SECTION VI Experiments on Malleable Iron and other Metals. Art. 88-97
- SECTION VII On the Strength and Deflexion of Cast Iron, &c. Art. 98-247
- SECTION VIII Of Lateral Stiffness, with Rules and Examples applied to Engine Beams, Cranks, Wheels, Shafts, &c. Art. 248-261
- SECTION IX Resistance to Torsion. Art. 262-274
- SECTION X Of the Strength of Columns, Pillars, or other Supports compressed, or extended in the direction of their Length. Art. 276-293
- SECTION XI Of the Resistance to Impulsive Force. Art. 294-312
- An ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF DATA, for applying the Rules to other Materials, with other Numbers useful in various Calculations
- On the CHEMICAL ACTION of certain Substances on Cast Iron
- Explanation of the Plates
- List of Authors referred to in the Table of Data, &c
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PART I PRACTICAL ESSAY ON THE STRENGTH OF CAST IRON AND OTHER METALS
- ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FOURTH EDITION
- ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- Contents
- SECTION I INTRODUCTION. Art. 1-7
- SECTION II Explanation of the Tables, with Examples of their Use. Art. 8-23
- SECTION III Of the Forms of greatest Strength for Beams to resist Cross Strains. Art. 24-35
- SECTION IV Of the Strongest Form of Section for Beams to resist Cross Strains. Art. 36-45
- SECTION V An Account of Experiments on Cast Iron. Art. 48-87
- SECTION VI Experiments on Malleable Iron and other Metals. Art. 88-97
- SECTION VII On the Strength and Deflexion of Cast Iron, &c. Art. 98-247
- SECTION VIII Of Lateral Stiffness, with Rules and Examples applied to Engine Beams, Cranks, Wheels, Shafts, &c. Art. 248-261
- SECTION IX Resistance to Torsion. Art. 262-274
- SECTION X Of the Strength of Columns, Pillars, or other Supports compressed, or extended in the direction of their Length. Art. 276-293
- SECTION XI Of the Resistance to Impulsive Force. Art. 294-312
- An ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF DATA, for applying the Rules to other Materials, with other Numbers useful in various Calculations
- On the CHEMICAL ACTION of certain Substances on Cast Iron
- Explanation of the Plates
- List of Authors referred to in the Table of Data, &c
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- Practical Essay on the Strength of Cast Iron and Other MetalsContaining Practical Rules, Tables, and Examples, Founded on a Series of Experiments, with an Extensive Table of the Properties of Materials, pp. xxv - xxviiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1842