Engineering Construction in Iron, Steel, and Timber #250656

The modern methods of determining the safe intensity of working stresses in structures have been considered in the first chapter, and have been employed more or less throughout the work. The subjects treated in the various chapters have been considered as briefly as possible, and the numerous examples given are relied upon for more complete explanation. The special feature of the work lies in the various examples which illustrate the design of the most important classes of structures in iron, steel, and timber; these have all been selected from existing works.