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Central Electrical Stations: Their Design, Organisation, and Management Charles Henry Wordingham Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
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Seite 28 - Engineer, are given and carefully worked out, some being solved both analytically and graphically, as a guide to the Student. 4. The chapters devoted to the practical side of the subject, the Strength of Joints, Punching, Drilling, Rivetting, and other processes connected with the manufacture of Bridges, Roofs, and Structural work generally, are the result of MANY YEARS...
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