AN INTRODUCTION TO

THE DESIGN OF BEAMS,

GIRDERS, AND COLUMNS

IN MACHINES AND STRUCTURES.

With Examples in Graphic Statics.

By WILLIAM H. ATHERTON, M.Sc., M.I.Mech.E.

“A very useful source of information.... A work which we commend very highly ... the whole being illustrated by a large collection of very well chosen examples.”—Nature.

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