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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Author
Publication
1865 - Longmans, Green & Co., London, England
Language
English
Word Count
78,250 words, Guess
Page Count
313 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL6571664M
- OCLC Control Number8336229
- OCLC Control Numbertreatiseonirons00fairgoog
- Library of Congress Control Number14021350
Classifications
- LCCVM146 .F16
Description
Fairbairn proposed to consider a ship as a beam in 1860 at a crucial moment when iron shipbuilding was in full development. His views are therefore particularly interesting since they illustrate he analitical scope of a man who would deal with iron structures onland and at sea.
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- 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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