LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS MADE TO TEST THE STRENGTH OF WROUGHT-IRON BEAMS, &c.
by House of Representatives
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good-
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1855. Wrought-Iron Beams. 33d Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 56. Referred to t he Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed, February 6, 1855. "Wrought-iron beams are now rolled of such sizes and lengths that, by combinations with made wrought-iron girders, they can be adapted to the largest-sized buildings. The economy of using this material insted of cast metal is equal to its greater security." 10 pp. Eight experiments with figures and charts. Disbound government document. Residue from book remains on spine. Some browning/foxing throughout, but text is easily legible. Document in VG- condition. . Paperbound. Very Good-. Illus. by Figures. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". U.S. Government Document.
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- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS MADE TO TEST THE STRENGTH OF WROUGHT-IRON BEAMS, &c.
- Author
- House of Representatives
- Illustrator
- Figures
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1855
- Keywords
- Government Document, Iron, Ways and Means
- Bookseller catalogs
- U.S. Government Document; Engineering;
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