Excerpt from A Treatise on the Strength of Timber, Cast Iron, Malleable Iron and Other Materials: With Rules for Application in Architecture, the Construction of Suspension Bridges, Railways, &C.; And an Appendix, on the Power of Locomotive Engines, and the Effect of Inclined Planes and Gradients A detail of experiments is then given on the strength of direct cohesion of iron bars and bolts, the testing strengths of the difl'erent descriptions of iron cables used in the British navy; Mr. Telford's experiments on iron wires; and lastly, a Table by Davies Gilbert, Esq., for the calculation of the several particulars connected with the construction of suspension bridges. 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.