The wonders of modern mechanism. A résumé of recent progress in mechanical, physical, and engineering science (1896)
Cochrane, Charles Henry, 1856- · Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott · leaf 42
favorite style of construction. EXTRAORDINARY BRIDGES. 35 It has an upper and a lower beam connected by a lattice-work of crossed bars. The plate bridge or plate-girderbridge is made of very wide steel beams, usually in crosssection resembling an I. Such bridges are called deckbridges when the… … HIGHWAY BRIDGE AT BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK. Bridge-building is undoubtedly on the increase, andwith the decreased price of steel, together with the in-creased strains which it is made to bear, we may reason-ably expect to see many more such mammoth structuresas that contemplated over the Hudson.…
Inventions · Mechanical engineering · Machinery
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