. Strength of materials: a practical manual of scientific methods of locating and determining stresses and calculating the required strength and dimensions of building materials . N recent years, such marvelous advances liave beeiimade in the engineering and scientific fields, andso rapid has been the evolution of mechanical andconstructive processes and methods, that a distinctneed has been created for a series of i^rncficnlvjorkliKj (juldcH^ of convenient size and low cost, embodying theaccumulated results of experience and the most approved modernpractice along a great variety of lines. To


. Strength of materials: a practical manual of scientific methods of locating and determining stresses and calculating the required strength and dimensions of building materials . N recent years, such marvelous advances liave beeiimade in the engineering and scientific fields, andso rapid has been the evolution of mechanical andconstructive processes and methods, that a distinctneed has been created for a series of i^rncficnlvjorkliKj (juldcH^ of convenient size and low cost, embodying theaccumulated results of experience and the most approved modernpractice along a great variety of lines. To till this acknowledgedneed, is the special purpose of the series of handl)ooks to whichthis volume belongs. C 111 the preparation of this series, it has been the aim of the pub-lishers to lay special stress on the practical side of each subject,as distinifuished from mere theoretical or academic Noluim^ is written by a well-known (Xj)ert of acknowledgedauthority in liis special line, and is based on a most careful stndvof practical needs and up-to-date methods as dexclojxd nnder theconditions of actual ])ractice in the field, tin* shop, llu^ mill, thepower


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