JAMES L. JACKSON AND BROTHER, IRON WORKS

Descriptive Price List and Strength of Materials, With Partial Illustrations of Iron Work for Buildings, Compiled From 1871 to 1873The knowledge of the strength of Cast Iron Columns was princi pally obtained from the experiments of mr. Eaton hodgkinson in the year 1840. These were very numerous, and, to a certain degree, comprehensive, having embraced over two hundred examples and their general test shows a degree of uniformity worthy of note, This know ledge in conjunction-with the investigations of euler, dr. Young and others, has led to the general adoption of a standard by all authors of works on engineering science, known as H odgkinson s Rule for comput ing the breaking weight of Round Cast Iron Columns, either solid or hollow.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.