SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL WORKS. 15 
Medium Svo, Handsome Cloth, 30s. 
BRIDGE-CONSTRUCTION 
(A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON): 
Being a Text-Book on the Design and Construction of 
Bridges in Iron and Steel. 
FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS, DRAUGHTSMEN, AND ENGINEERS. 
BY 
Li CLAXTON, FIDLER, M. INSEAGE. 
With Tumerous Wloodcuts and 17 Lithographic Plates. 
THE object of this book is to describe the modern practice of 
Bridge-Construction, and to set forth in the simplest language 
the mechanical principles and experimental facts on which it is 
based. The design and arrangement of the work have been 
dictated by a desire to render it as useful as possible, not 
only to Engineers or Draughtsmen who may be engaged in the 
work of Bridge-Calculations and Bridge-Construction, but also 
to Students. With this object, the earlier chapters of the work 
are devoted to a simple demonstration of those mechanical 
principles which must of necessity form the beginning of any 
study of the subject, and which are more fully developed and 
applied in later portions of the book. 
** Should prove not only an indispensable Hand-book for the Practical Engineer, but also 
a stimulating Treatise to the Student of Mathematical Mechanics and Elasticity.”—ature. 
“‘ One of the VERY BEST RECENT works on the Strength of Materials and its application 
to Bridge-Consiruction. . . . Well repays a careful study.”—ZAxgineering. 
** As an exposition of the LATEST advances of the Science, we are glad to welcome this 
well-written Treatise.” —A rchitect. 
““A Scientific Treatise of great merit, which cannot but prove useful.”— Westminster 
Review. 
“Mr. Fidler’s book is one which every Student of Mechanics ought to possess, and 
which merits, as it will receive, the appreciative attention of all practical men.”—Scotsman. 
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