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THIS is a very practical treatise on the determination of the forces in braced structures, beams, masonry arches, and abutments. It is based on a course of instruction given at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author presupposes a knowledge of the strengths of materials, of the principles of statics, and of ordinary beam formula for stresses and deflections, and is thus able to present his methods in a very concise form without any lengthy preliminary explanation, and he pays special attention to the precautions which should be taken in drawing the diagrams in order to secure the best results.
Graphic Statics, with Applications to Trusses, Beams, and Arches.
By Jerome Sondericker Pp. viii + 137. (New York: John Wiley and Sons; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1903.) Price 8s. 6d. net.
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Graphic Statics, with Applications to Trusses, Beams, and Arches . Nature 69, 292 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/069292a0
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