The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 336
that is, the extension will be greatest inthe neighbourhood of the lines joining each pair of opposite forces, andleast midway between those lines. In fact if the forces be not loo great itis possible to extend the sides of the india-rubber without extending themiddle portion at all; so that a… … In the recent discussion respecting the Tubular Bridge, in the Mechani-cal Section of the British Association, it was asserted by Mr. Lamb thatprovided the lop and bottom plates of the lube were of a given sectionalarea, it was immaterial what proportion Ihe thickness of the plates bore totheir…
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