Excerpt from Symmetrical Masonry Arches: Including Natural Stone, Plain-Concrete, and Reinforced-Concrete Arches; For the Use of Technical Schools, Engineers, and Computers in Designing Arches According to the Elastic Theory In general the unit load method has been employed. This is the only satisfactory method to use if maximum stresses are desired. In Article 89 is given a method by which the effects of certain fields of loading can be found directly. The second example in Chapter IV has been worked out in detail and the computations arranged in tabular form so that they can be easily followed. By using these tabular forms the numerical work can be subdivided and assigned to two or more computers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.