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Scientific American, Vol. 26, No. 24 (1872) (1872)

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be regulated with extreme nicety. Fig. 5 Ss DIEDRICHS SUSPENSION TRUSS BRIDGE. They transverse beams below the posts. following description will explain: The Reading company is always ready to From the top chord of the bridge, which is properly sup- The contraction and expansion consequent on… … safety in railroad operations is the “torpedo” or alarm sig- nals. This little affair consists of a tin box about the of which is continued to the nearest buttress, the other to the juncture of a post with the topchord. By this means size and shape of the smallest sized blacking boxes, The every…

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