Publisher's Synopsis
A treatise on the strength of timber, cast and malleable iron, and other materials with rules for application in architecture, the construction of suspension bridges, railways, etc., and an appendix on the power of locomotive engines, and the effect of in This book, "A treatise on the strength of timber cast and malleable iron", by Peter Barlow, is a replication of a book originally published before 1837. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.