Graphics and Structural Design

Abstract

THE first edition of this book appeared in 1913. The author was formerly designer and computer for the Pencoyd Iron Works and the American Bridge Company, and is now a professor in Sibley College, Cornell University, His experience, therefore, leads us to expect that his volume will contain much matter of service to structural draughtsmen, and that the treatment will be suit able for students. The early demand for a second edition is evidence that the author has been successful in his treatment, and this is con firmed by inspection of the text. The book does not pretend to deal with the mechanics of materials—the student is referred to other books for this—and the reader who has studied materials will find his knowledge drawn upon throughout the book in application to a large number of struc tures. Sufficient is given at every step to enable the student to understand which particular theory is being applied. There are practical examples, fully worked out, of every class of structure dis cussed, and the formulae used in practice are explained clearly. A large number of exercises to be worked by students is included.

Graphics and Structural Design.

By Prof. H. D. Hess. Second Edition. Pp. viii + 435. (New York: J. Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1915.) Price 12s. 6d. net.