FOOTNOTES:

[1] A Treatise on Shoring and Underpinning, and generally dealing with Dangerous Structures. By Cecil Haden Stock. Third edition, revised by F. R. Farrow. (B. T. Batsford.)

[2] As derived from tests made by Messrs. Frost Bros., Ltd., rope manufacturers, London, E.

[3] Authority, Hodgkinson.

[4] These constants, in the absence of experiments, are assumed to vary according to the modulus of elasticity of the wood. (Tredgold, from Dr. Young’s Nat. Philos., vol. ii.)

[5] Tredgold’s Carpentry.

[6] These forms are to be obtained from Messrs. Wyman & Sons, Ltd., Fetter Lane, E.C.

[7] Note.—Part 4 is now inoperative. See p. 167.

[8] 1 Edw. VII., c. 22.

[9] This brings about the inclusion of any workmen who are defined as such in Sec. 13 of this Act. (See post, page 178C.)

[10] These words may bring an injury due to nervous shock within the provisions of the Act.

[11] This is an alteration from the Act of 1897, in which two weeks was the period of disablement necessary before compensation could be claimed.

[12] There is a slight alteration in drafting here from the Act of 1897, but in no way is the substance affected.

[13] The words ‘unless that injury results in death or serious and permanent disablement’ are new and considerably enlarge the scope of the section.