Project Gutenberg 2006-07-08 Public domain in the USA. 51 Various Verschillende Various, Various Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Final Report of Special Committee on Rail Sections, Paper No. 1177 Reading ease score: 63.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Sigal Alon and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXX, Dec. 1910" is a scientific publication compiled by various members of the American Society of Civil Engineers and covers topics relevant to civil engineering and railway infrastructure in the early 20th century. This particular volume features multiple reports and discussions regarding steel rails, their specifications, manufacturing processes, and quality control measures essential for railway constructions. The content of this volume primarily focuses on the final report of a special committee on rail sections, detailing recommendations, specifications for steel rails, and insights gathered through extensive testing and collaboration with other societies and manufacturing committees. It outlines the chemical composition required for different grades of steel rails, manufacturing practices to ensure quality, and the need for uniform testing protocols. Moreover, the report emphasizes the importance of careful consideration of rail specifications to address ongoing issues with rail performance and integrity, culminating in a well-structured set of guidelines aimed at enhancing safety and effectiveness in railway engineering. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Civil engineering -- Periodicals Railroad rails TA TF Text Technology Browsing: Computers & Technology Browsing: Engineering & Construction 55115 55116 2024-10-08T09:51:15.095666 2023-09-08T11:06:02.245021 text/html text/html 51960 2006-07-07T18:21:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 17224 2006-07-07T18:21:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 116365 2024-10-08T09:51:22.063622 application/epub+zip 114885 2024-10-08T09:51:19.124641 application/epub+zip 72499 2024-10-08T09:51:17.652656 application/epub+zip 325081 2024-10-08T09:51:24.042654 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 318436 2024-10-08T09:51:21.067662 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 87146 2022-09-09T05:51:15.664884 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 44674 44573 2024-10-08T09:51:14.743686 2023-09-08T11:06:01.974973 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 44608 2006-07-07T18:21:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15371 2006-07-07T18:21:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19793 2024-10-08T09:51:24.173613 application/rdf+xml 24872 2024-10-08T09:51:18.272652 image/jpeg 4617 2024-10-08T09:51:17.927650 image/jpeg 115813 2024-10-08T09:51:15.101669 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