A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 304
irbairn remarks that it is probable that rolledI beams of less than 12 cwt. could be deliveredfrom the rolling mills, but apprehending someditticulty in manufacturing one so large he sug- 9 Fig. 1. gests two forms (see Fig. 1), which would lessenthe difficulties of manufacture, as there wouldbe… … Iron ConstructionOF Concrete and FloorIron Bars hung from I Beams, THESE BEING PROTECTED FROM Fire by Terra-cotta Casing. five ribs of openpanels, having aspan of 100 feetand a rise of 4.5feet. It was com-pleted in 1776. The Wear-mouth bridge,Durham, Eng-land, built in1796, was anarch also of…
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