Treaties on Iron Ship Building: Its History and Progress as Comprised in a Series of Experimental Researches on the Laws of Strain ... |
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angle-iron armour plates armour-plates asunder b₁ bars beam Bellerophon bolts bottom Breaking Weight burst calculated cast iron centre of gravity charge Columbiads compared compression construction of iron crack cylindrical depth diameter distance ductile dynamic resistance effect elongation equal experiments fired foot-pounds force fracture frames fusion hole inches thick increased indentation inertia iron plates iron ship joints keelson large guns length load Lord Warden manufacture material Mean ment metal midships Millwall moment of inertia nearly neutral axis ordnance P₁ P₂ penetrated perforation planking powers of resistance pressure principle projectiles punch ratio rifled gun rivets round rupture sheathing shell ship building Shoeburyness side Sir William Armstrong specific gravity spherical square inch steel shot strength TABLE target tenacity tensile strain timber tion tons per square transverse section turret upper deck velocity Warrior wood wrought iron
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