The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 365
effect than tomake the floor boards, in only two cases out of eighteen, of the roomsover, swell a little so as to be barely perceptible, and that was evi-dently caused by the quantity of steam driven through from the wetplastering of the arches and walls below. I am. Sir, 30, Guildford Street, Your… … In the Notes on the Construction of Iron Bridges in your Julynumber, among other matters noticed, it is contended that no advan-tage is gained in confining the principal weight of iron in the arch atthe bottom, over the equal distribution of the metal in the arch, thespandril filling and roadway…
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