An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 447
bubbles,and as tending to cause cracks in cooling. Open work in the vertical web is also to beavoided, partly for the same reasons, and partly because it too much diminishes the resist-ance to distortion by the shearing action of the load. 16i!9e. Where the span renders it impracticable to roll a… … CUAP. I. BEAMS AND PILLAIIS. 427 B the joints (par. 1630y.), and all the riveting be well executed, the beam will be equal insirength to one of an entire length. Ihis construction may be carried to a pan of lO to50 feet. In practice it is found necessary to confine the use of cells to spans…
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