Thorpe, William Henry · London, E. & F.N. Spon, limited; New York, Spon & Chamberlain · leaf 92
Fig. 50. … Fig. 51. 78 THE ANATOMY OF BRIDGEWORK. beams, just resting, but hardly bearing, upon the piers whenfree of live load. In the second case, also of two openings of about 55 feeteach, with girders 8 feet deep, one abutment had sunk about3 inches, more than doubling the stresses over the centrepier. It…
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