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Page 29 - There are many more complicated forms of tension joint met with in girder work — to discuss which would occupy too much space here. Suffice it to say that the same general principles apply as in the simple cases.
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| Title | On Some Common Errors in Iron Bridge Design |
| Author | William Charles Kernot |
| Publisher | Ford & Son, 1898 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | Jun 30, 2007 |
| Length | 49 pages |
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