Benjamin Baker
Published: 2017-10-12
Total Pages: 212
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Excerpt from Long-Span Railway Bridges: Comprising Investigations of the Comparative The portion of the following work treating on Long span Railway Bridges, was first published some seven years ago, so but little introduction will now be re quired. As stated in the Preface to the First Edition, on proceeding with the investigation, it was at once seen that a strictly mathematical treatment of the subject would entail lengthy and involved formulae, and absorb far greater space than was available for the purpose. Accordingly, the various hypotheses, which it is absolutely necessary to make in an inquiry of this nature, are framed as comprehensively as pos sible; and in many instances the result of a careful balancing of probabilities is given without exhibiting the process by which it has been evolved. In short, elimination, and not elaboration, has been the aim throughout. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
