 The whole is to be suspended from four lines of strong iron cables, by perpendicular iron rods placed five feet apart, and these rods will support the road-way framing. The suspending power is calculated at 2016 tons, and the weight to be suspended, exclusive...  The Cambro-Briton - Page 371820Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Jamleson - 1821 - 456 pages
...with a foot-path of four feet between them so that the platform will be about thirty feet in breadth. The whole is to be suspended from four lines of strong...power is calculated at 2016 tons, and the weight to be suspended, exclusive of the cables, is 342 tons, leaving a disposable power of 1674 tons. The four... | |
 | J. Taylor - 1822 - 220 pages
...with a foot-path of four feet between them, so that the platform will be about thirty feet in breadth. The whole is to be suspended from four lines of strong...power is calculated at 2016 tons, and the weight to be suspended, exclusive of the cables, is 342 tons, leaving a disposable power of 1674 tons. The four... | |
 | T. G. Cumming - 1824 - 68 pages
...thirty feet in breadth: the whole will be suspended from four lines of strong cables of malleable iron, by perpendicular iron rods placed five feet apart,...power is calculated at 2016 tons, and the weight to be suspended, exclusive of the cables, at 342 tons, leaving a disposable power of 1674 tons. The four... | |
 | 1826 - 490 pages
...them, so that the platform is about thirty feet in breadth. The whole is suspended from four lines of iron cables by perpendicular iron rods, placed five feet apart, and these rods support the road-way framing. The suspending power is calculated at 2016 tons, and the weight to be... | |
 | 1827 - 966 pages
...number of bars, in the cross section of the chains, is eighty. The whole is suspended from four lines of iron cables by perpendicular iron rods, placed five feet apart, and these rods support the road-way framing. The suspending power is calculated at 2016 tons, and the weight to be... | |
 | 1827 - 984 pages
...number of bars, in the cross section of the chains, is eighty. The whole is suspended from four lines of iron cables by perpendicular iron rods, placed five feet apart, and these rods support the road-way framing. The su»pending power is calculated at 2016 tons, and the weight to be... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 810 pages
...carriage-ways, each twelve feet in breadth, with a foot-path of four feet between them ; and the whole to be suspended from four lines of strong iron cables...by perpendicular iron rods, placed five feet apart. The suspending power was calculated at 2016 tons, and the weight to be suspended, exclusive of the... | |
 | 1832 - 406 pages
...between the points of suspension is 560 feet. The platform is about 30 feet in breadth. The "whole is suspended from four lines of strong iron cables, by perpendicular iron rods 5 feet apart. The cables pass over rollers on the tops of pillars, and are fixed to iron frames under... | |
 | Thomas Rolph - 1836 - 302 pages
...of suspension is five hundred and sixty feet. The platform is thirty feet in breadth. The whole is suspended from four lines of strong iron cables by perpendicular iron rods five feet apart. The cables pass over rollers on the tops of pillars, and fixed to iron frame* under... | |
 | Joseph Hemingway - 1844 - 362 pages
...the level of high water line to be 100 feet. The road-way will embrace two carriage ways, each twelve feet in breadth, with a foot-path of four feet between...road-way framing. The suspending power is calculated at 20)6 tons, and the weight to be suspended, exclusive of the cables, is 343 tons, leaving a disposable... | |
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