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Excerpt from On the Torsion Resulting From Flexure in Prisms With Cross-Sections of Uni-Axial Symmetry Only
Or, in other words, that there was no mutual stress between the longitudinal 'fibres' of the beam perpendicular to those fibres. This is the phrase used by most writers, saint-venant among them, but the suggestion of fibrous material which it conveys makes it unsuitable for use without qualification although it brings the physical meaning Of the hypothesis well before the imagination.
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