Van Nostrand's eclectic engineering magazine (1869)
[New York : D. Van Nostrand] · leaf 256
236 VAN NOSTRAND'S ENGINEERING MAGAZINE. zontal thrust, but in all these cases, ac- as it should, and at the lower end it be- cording to Trautwine's formula, the hori- comes zontal thrust is the same. The longi- tudinal compression due to P directly is as it should, since the total load rests upon … constant for all positions of P for the same sion due directly to the loading is zero ; inclination of the rafter, and is P cos 6; and that due to the resultant horizontal but the compression due to H is depen- thrust is cc, as it should be in order to dent upon the position of P, being small…
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