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An Introduction to the Design of Beams, Girders, and Columns in Machines and Structures, with Examples in Graphic Statics Mechanics for Engineers, a Text-book of Intermediate Standard

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MR. ATHERTON'S book is for engineering students whose mathematical knowledge does not include the calculus, and such readers will find it a very useful source of information.

An Introduction to the Design of Beams, Girders, and Columns in Machines and Structures, with Examples in Graphic Statics.

By W. H. Atherton. Pp. xiv + 236. (London: Charles Griffin and Co., Ltd., 1905.) Price 6s. net.

Mechanics for Engineers, a Text-book of Intermediate Standard.

By Arthur Morley. Pp. xi + 282. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1905.) Price 4s. net.

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M. An Introduction to the Design of Beams, Girders, and Columns in Machines and Structures, with Examples in Graphic Statics Mechanics for Engineers, a Text-book of Intermediate Standard . Nature 73, 1–2 (1905). https://doi.org/10.1038/073001a0

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