Practical Essay on the Strength of Cast Iron and Other Metals

Containing Practical Rules, Tables, and Examples, Founded on a Series of Experiments, with an Extensive Table of the Properties of Materials

By:

Thomas Tredgold

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Technology

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Although cast iron was used in pagoda construction in ancient China, it was in Britain in the eighteenth century that new methods allowed for its production in quantities that enabled widespread use. An engineer who had educated himself tirelessly in technical subjects from carpentry to architecture, Thomas Tredgold (1788–1829) first published this work in 1822. It served as a standard textbook for British engineers in the early nineteenth century, and several translations extended its influence on the continent. Reissued here in the fourth edition of 1842, edited and annotated by the structural engineer Eaton Hodgkinson (1789–1861), who presents his own research in the second volume, this work addresses both practical and mathematical questions in assessing metallic strength. In Volume 1, wherever progress has been made since the original publication, Hodgkinson adds notes to Tredgold's original text, pointing out certain errors.

Release date Australia

May 22nd, 2014

Author

Thomas Tredgold

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributor

Edited by Eaton Hodgkinson

Illustrations

4 Plates, black and white

Pages

338

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Technology

Dimensions

140x217x20

ISBN-13

9781108070348

Product ID

22276709

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