PART I - PRACTICAL ESSAY ON THE STRENGTH OF CAST IRON AND OTHER METALS

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ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FOURTH EDITION

pp ix-xii

ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION

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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

pp xvii-xxiv

Contents

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SECTION I - INTRODUCTION. Art. 1-7

pp 1-26

SECTION II - Explanation of the Tables, with Examples of their Use. Art. 8-23

pp 27-45

SECTION III - Of the Forms of greatest Strength for Beams to resist Cross Strains. Art. 24-35

pp 46-52

SECTION IV - Of the Strongest Form of Section for Beams to resist Cross Strains. Art. 36-45

pp 53-62

SECTION V - An Account of Experiments on Cast Iron. Art. 48-87

pp 63-104

SECTION VI - Experiments on Malleable Iron and other Metals. Art. 88-97

pp 105-121

SECTION VII - On the Strength and Deflexion of Cast Iron, &c. Art. 98-247

pp 122-209

SECTION VIII - Of Lateral Stiffness, with Rules and Examples applied to Engine Beams, Cranks, Wheels, Shafts, &c. Art. 248-261

pp 210-222

SECTION IX - Resistance to Torsion. Art. 262-274

pp 223-234

SECTION X - Of the Strength of Columns, Pillars, or other Supports compressed, or extended in the direction of their Length. Art. 276-293

pp 235-253

SECTION XI - Of the Resistance to Impulsive Force. Art. 294-312

pp 254-278

An ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF DATA, for applying the Rules to other Materials, with other Numbers useful in various Calculations

pp 279-293

On the CHEMICAL ACTION of certain Substances on Cast Iron

pp 294-296

Explanation of the Plates

pp 297-301

List of Authors referred to in the Table of Data, &c

pp 302-303