Journal - Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania (1826)
Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) · [Philadelphia : Franklin Institute] · leaf 330
e Izabalwhich vividly suggests this origin (Fig. 33). A cane bridge in Sikkim \alley. India, is another example ofthis simple and primitive construction (Fig. 34). The first suspension bridge cables were either of wires or ropesand the floor followed closely the curve of suspension. Leopold speaks… … Bridge at Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Not until the end of the eighteenth century was the idea carriedout of suspending a horizontal roadway from the cables, althougha very rare and ancient work, entitled IMachiuce novse FaustiVerantii Siceni, illustrates the principle of the Faustus…
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