The apprentice, or First book for mechanics, machinists, and engineers (1860)
Byrne, Oliver · New York, P. J. Cozans · leaf 169
same sectionalarea and kind of material in chords and braces, and ofequal perfection in details and workmanship, when it wasfound that the real difference in strength was unappreci-able, and it may be well to add, that any given amountplaced upon each, in progress of the experiments,… … gardless of the amount of material used in their construc-tion, when loaded to nearly the point of fracture, presentsomewhat the sanae appearance, the greatest deflection being PRACTICAL MECHANICS. 165 invariably at points near the abutments. This will be un-derstood by the statement, that the…
Mechanics, Applied
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