Treatise on Iron Ship Building: Its History and Progress as Comprised in a Series of Experimental Researches on the Laws of Strain ... Including the Experimental Results on the Resisting Powers of Armour Plates and Shot at High Velocities |
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... Mean Value of Indentations of Plates without Backing Investigation of the Mechanical Properties of Mr. Stirling and Dr. Price's Cast - Iron Shot • The Effect of Statical Pressure on different kinds of Shot Summary showing the Work done ...
... Mean Value of Indentations of Plates without Backing Investigation of the Mechanical Properties of Mr. Stirling and Dr. Price's Cast - Iron Shot • The Effect of Statical Pressure on different kinds of Shot Summary showing the Work done ...
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... mean sections , taken in order ; then the volume or con- tent of any one of these n - 1 portions may be approximately found by the pris- moidal formula , and putting Q for the whole volume , we find ... Q = d { a , + a „ + 4 ( m , + m2 ...
... mean sections , taken in order ; then the volume or con- tent of any one of these n - 1 portions may be approximately found by the pris- moidal formula , and putting Q for the whole volume , we find ... Q = d { a , + a „ + 4 ( m , + m2 ...
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... Mean Breaking Weight in the Direction of the Fibre , in Tons per Square Inch Mean Breaking Weight across the Fibre , in Tons per Square Inch Yorkshire plates Derbyshire plates Shropshire plates Staffordshire plates Mean 25.770 27.490 ...
... Mean Breaking Weight in the Direction of the Fibre , in Tons per Square Inch Mean Breaking Weight across the Fibre , in Tons per Square Inch Yorkshire plates Derbyshire plates Shropshire plates Staffordshire plates Mean 25.770 27.490 ...
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... mean tenacity for plates of Comparing this with the strength of bar iron from the best material , and making allowance for the latter having been worked , rolled , and drawn into fibre , the difference in strength is not so great as ...
... mean tenacity for plates of Comparing this with the strength of bar iron from the best material , and making allowance for the latter having been worked , rolled , and drawn into fibre , the difference in strength is not so great as ...
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... Mean of thin plates 25.047 25.606 31.770 18.333 Mean of thick plates 24.644 23.354 27.032 24.171 Mean of all of 24.792 24.319 29.063 21.669 one make • The order of merit in the thinner plates is― ( TENSILE STRENGTH OF IRON . 23 23.
... Mean of thin plates 25.047 25.606 31.770 18.333 Mean of thick plates 24.644 23.354 27.032 24.171 Mean of all of 24.792 24.319 29.063 21.669 one make • The order of merit in the thinner plates is― ( TENSILE STRENGTH OF IRON . 23 23.
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