Useful Information for Engineers; Being a Series of Lectures Delivered to the Working Engineers of Yorkshire and Lancashire; Together with a Series of Appendices, Containing the Results of Experimental Inquiries Into the Strength of Materials, the Causes of Boiler Explosions, Etc |
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... riveted joints and the solid plates . In two different kinds of joints- double and single riveted — the strengths were found to be , in the ratio of the plate , as the numbers 100 , 70 , and 56 . Assuming the strength of the plate to be ...
... riveted joints and the solid plates . In two different kinds of joints- double and single riveted — the strengths were found to be , in the ratio of the plate , as the numbers 100 , 70 , and 56 . Assuming the strength of the plate to be ...
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... double flue , BB , fig . 6 , and double furnace boiler . It was patented in ... two flues which extend the whole length of the boiler ; they are perfectly ... riveted to the flat ends , add greatly to the security and strength of those ...
... double flue , BB , fig . 6 , and double furnace boiler . It was patented in ... two flues which extend the whole length of the boiler ; they are perfectly ... riveted to the flat ends , add greatly to the security and strength of those ...
Page 145
... double our power with increased economy and effect . How very essential is it , therefore , that we should look ... riveted joints and the position which the plates may have in rela- tion to the respective junctions of the parts . The ...
... double our power with increased economy and effect . How very essential is it , therefore , that we should look ... riveted joints and the position which the plates may have in rela- tion to the respective junctions of the parts . The ...
Page 236
... double and single riveting are here recorded : - No. of Experiment Cohesive Strength of Plates . Breaking Weight in lbs . per Square Inch Strength of single- riveted Joints of ... single - riveted joints have lost 236 METALLIC CONSTRUCTIONS.
... double and single riveting are here recorded : - No. of Experiment Cohesive Strength of Plates . Breaking Weight in lbs . per Square Inch Strength of single- riveted Joints of ... single - riveted joints have lost 236 METALLIC CONSTRUCTIONS.
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... double- riveted joints have retained their resisting powers un- impaired . These are convincing proofs of the superior value of the double - riveted joints ; and in all cases where strength is required this description of joint should ...
... double- riveted joints have retained their resisting powers un- impaired . These are convincing proofs of the superior value of the double - riveted joints ; and in all cases where strength is required this description of joint should ...
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