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1873 Long-Span Railway Bridges
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Description
Folding Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
Revised edition. With a folding plate to the rear. A detailed and comprehensive study into the long-span railway bridge, investigating the theoretical and practical advantages of various adopted or proposed systems of construction. With comparisons and numerous formulae and tables for the weight of iron or steel required. Includes added investigations relating to short-span railway bridges. Written by Sir Benjamin Baker, an English civil engineer who helped develop the early underground railways in London with Sir John Fowler, but is best known for his work on the Forth Bridge. With publisher's advertisements to the rear.
Condition
In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine as well as the board tips. Light discolouration to the cloth at the boards. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot.
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