Abstract
(1) THIS book brings together for the use of the engineering student in a handy form for reference the various graphical methods due to Culmann, Rebhann, and others, for solving problems connected, with earth pressures.
(1) Graphical Determination of Earth Slopes, Retaining Walls, and Dams.
By Prof. C. Prelini. Pp. ix + 129. (London: A. Constable and Co., Ltd., 1908.) Price 8s. net.
(2) The Design of Highway Bridges, and the Calculation of Stresses in Bridge Trusses.
By Prof. M. S. Ketchum. Pp. xxi + 544. (New York: The Engineering News Publishing Co.; London: A. Constable and Co., Ltd., 1908.) Price 16s. net.
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B., T. (1) Graphical Determination of Earth Slopes, Retaining Walls, and Dams (2) The Design of Highway Bridges, and the Calculation of Stresses in Bridge Trusses. Nature 81, 393–394 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/081393a0
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