Project Gutenberg 2005-02-02 Public domain in the USA. 67 Tower, G. B. N. (George Bates Nichols) 1834 1889 Tower, George Bates Nichols Instructions on Modern American Bridge Building Reading ease score: 78.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Curtis Weyant, Ronald Holder and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Instructions on Modern American Bridge Building" by G. B. N. Tower is a scientific publication written in the mid-19th century. This treatise serves as a practical guide for engineers entering the field of bridge construction, focusing on the principles and methodologies of designing wooden bridges. The book addresses the strains on bridge components and offers calculations, designs, and tables essential for the construction process. The content of the book is structured to assist young engineers in understanding the physical principles governing bridge design. It discusses the various materials used, such as wood and iron, detailing their strengths under different strains: tension, compression, and detrusion. Tower provides formulas for calculating weights, dimensions of bridge members, and helpful tables for estimating quantities. He outlines different truss designs, explaining the importance of structural integrity and offering practical examples of building practices. Through these detailed instructions, the book emphasizes the importance of adhering to safety standards and thorough design methodologies in bridge engineering. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Bridges TG Text Technology Browsing: Computers & Technology Browsing: Engineering & Construction 161028 160925 2024-10-06T15:00:44.735295 2023-09-07T05:12:44.669468 text/html text/html 141713 2020-12-19T08:43:51 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 167611 2020-12-19T08:43:51 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 252679 2024-10-06T15:00:56.825204 application/epub+zip 252703 2024-10-06T15:00:49.304275 application/epub+zip 103702 2024-10-06T15:00:47.246272 application/epub+zip 745736 2024-10-06T15:01:00.862221 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 264997 2024-10-06T15:00:54.529246 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 234870 2022-09-07T18:46:01.545614 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 91773 91692 2024-10-06T15:00:43.656272 2023-09-07T05:12:43.946445 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 91606 2020-12-19T08:43:51 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 32235 2020-12-19T08:43:51 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 91814 2020-12-19T08:43:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 32232 2020-12-19T08:43:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21445 2024-10-06T15:01:01.036209 application/rdf+xml 16563 2024-10-06T15:00:47.836240 image/jpeg 3692 2024-10-06T15:00:47.540239 image/jpeg 251513 2024-10-06T15:00:44.824296 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia