Bench work in wood: a course of study and practice designed for the use of schools and colleges (1902)
Goss, W. F. M. (William Freeman Myrick), 1859-1928 · Boston, Ginn & company · leaf 146
to increase their length, Fig. 226; orcross-strain, which has a tendency to bend them, Fig. 227;or to two of these strains at the same time. 198. A Timber subjected to cross-strain must always bend. The fibers forming that surface which is convex or has atendency to become so (as the lower surface,… … B timber, and B the same timber bent. It follows, then, thatsomewhere between the compressed surface and the ex-tended surface there will be a line which is subject to neithercompressional nor tensional strain; such a line is called theneutral axis of a timber, and will be located with…
Woodwork (Manual training)
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