ited in thisexperiment, at once decided in my mind the form to be adoptedfor the large tubes which now span the Conway and the MenaiStraits, and from this time forward I had no doubts as to thecomplete success of the undertakiog. * This experiment is given in Part II., Experiment XXIX. ^ 214… … exhibited in the last figure, rec-tangular cells were adopted,as shown in fig. 87,the intended^ section of the model tube one-sixth the size of one span ofthe Britannia bridge. The ex-periments on this tube beardirectly on the strength oftubular bridges, and we there-fore deem it necessary to…
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