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Practical Essay on the Strength of Cast Iron and Other Metals : Containing Practical Rules, Tables, and Examples, Founded on a Series of Experiments, with an Extensive Table of the Properties of Mater, Paperback / softback Book

Practical Essay on the Strength of Cast Iron and Other Metals : Containing Practical Rules, Tables, and Examples, Founded on a Series of Experiments, with an Extensive Table of the Properties of Mater Paperback / softback

Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Technology series

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Although cast iron was used in pagoda construction in ancient China, it was in Britain in the eighteenth century that new methods allowed for its production in quantities that enabled widespread use.

An engineer who had educated himself tirelessly in technical subjects from carpentry to architecture, Thomas Tredgold (1788–1829) first published this work in 1822.

It served as a standard textbook for British engineers in the early nineteenth century, and several translations extended its influence on the continent.

Reissued here in the fourth edition of 1842, edited and annotated by the structural engineer Eaton Hodgkinson (1789–1861), who presents his own research in the second volume, this work addresses both practical and mathematical questions in assessing metallic strength.

In Volume 2, benefiting from twenty years of progress since Tredgold's original publication, Hodgkinson provides details of his own advanced experiments.

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  • Format:Paperback / softback
  • Pages:216 pages, 5 Plates, black and white
  • Publisher:Cambridge University Press
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  • ISBN:9781108070355

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  • Pages:216 pages, 5 Plates, black and white
  • Publisher:Cambridge University Press
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  • ISBN:9781108070355

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