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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 147

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which might bedue to real variations in the fatigue resisting power of his samples, as it iswell known that no material is perfectly homogeneous, but exhibits variationsin strength at different points to an extent which depends somewhat upon thenature of the substance and somewhat upon the method… … Fig. 2. Arrangement for Bending Tests. The peculiar form of his test piece is due to two requirements. The con-strictions or waists present regions of weakness owing to the lessened crosssection, so that successive breaks will come at definite points. The conicalshape of the specimen between waists…

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