Dresser, Christopher · London ; New York : Cassell Petter & Galpin · leaf 148
and inorder to effect this a special mode of construction must be resorted to. If wepropose to ourselves the formation of a sug-ar-basin of semi-circular shape, of whatthickness must the metal be in order that it may not bend when lifted? It isobvious that the vessel must not yield its shape to… … Fig. 147. 136 PRINCIPLES OP DESION. heavy, and an amount of metal will be used iu its formation sufficient for themanufacture of two or three such articles. Instead of forming the vessel throughout of thick metal, we may construct itfrom a thin sheet of silver; but in order tliat it possess…
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