Rudiments of the art of building : represented in five sections [...] for the use of architects, builders, draghtsmen, machinists, engineers and mechanics (1853)
Bullock, John · New York : Stringer & Townsend · leaf 108
It may be as well to observe that, although this is true as to the strength ofbeams under ordinary circumstances, it does not hold good when the loading iscarried to the breaking point, the deflection of the beam causing an increase ordiminution of the leverage according to the mode of support. The… … RUDIMENTS OF THE end and weighted at the other (fig. tO), its strength will behalf that of a similar beam of double the length supportedas first described (fig. ^1). A parallel case to this is thatof a beam supported in the middle and loaded at the ends Fig. 71.
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