International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, Pa. : The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 659
ow, instead ofplacing the stringer with its center directly under the rail,it were moved say 0, 0, or 12 inches outwards from therail, the ties would act partly as beams, and a part of theshock wovild be taken up by them. By arranging the postsor piles as before suggested, a further portion of the… … FIG. C~8. under the present system the great share of the load iscarried (and, apparently, with safety) by the vertical posts,would not an equal load be carried with equal safety by RAILROAD STRUCTURES. 124.5 smaller timbers so arranged that each shall perform its fullproportion of work ? In iron…
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