4 SCIENTIFIC BOOKS PUBLISHED JSY 



Shreve on Bridges and Roofs. 



8vo, 87 wood-cut illustrations. Cloth. $5.00. 



A TREATISE OX THE STRENGTH OF BRIDGES AND 

 ROOFS comprising the determination of Algebraic formulas 

 for Strains in Horizontal, Inclined or Rafter, Triangular, Bow 

 string, Lenticular and other Trusses, from fixed and moving 

 loads, with practical applications and examples, for the use of 

 Students and Engineers. By SAMUEL H. SHREVE, A.M.. Civil 

 Engineer. 



The rules for the determination of strains given in this -work, in the shape 

 of formulas, are deduced from a few well-known mechanical laws, and are not 

 based upon assumed conditions; the processes are given and applications 

 made of the results, so that it is equally valuable as a text-book for the 

 Student and as a manual for the Practical Engineer. Among the examples 

 are the G-reithausen Bridge, the Kuilemberg Bridge, a bridge of the Saltash 

 type, and many other compound trusses, whose strains are calculated by 

 methods which are not only free from the use of the higher mathematics, but 

 are as simple and accurate, and as readily applied, as those which are used in 

 proportioning a Warren Girder or other simple truss. 



The Kansas City Bridge. 



4to. Cloth. $6.00 



WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE EEGIMEN OF THE MIS- 

 SOUEI KIVER, and a description of the Methods used for 

 Founding in that River. By 0. CHANTJTE, Chief Engineer, and 

 GEORGE MORISON, Assistant Engineer. Illustrated with five 

 lithographic views and twelve plates of plans. 



illustrations. 



VIEWS. View of the Kansas City j tion Works, Pier No. 3. IV. Founda- 

 Bridge, August 2, 1869. Lowering i tion Works, Pier No. 4. V. Founda- 



Caisson No. 1 into position. Caisson 

 for Pier No. 4 brought into position. 

 View of Foundation Works, Pier No. 

 4. Pier No. 1. 



PLATES. I. Map showing location 

 of Bridge. II. Water Record Cross 

 Section of River Profile of Crossing 



tion Works, Pier No. 4. VI. Caisson 

 No. 5 Sheet Piling at Pier No. 6 

 Details of Dredges Pile Shoe Beton 

 Box. VII. Masonry Draw Protec 

 tion False Works between Piers 3 

 and 4. VIII. Floating Derricks. 

 IX. General Elevation 176 feet span. 



Pontoon Protection. III. Water I X. 248 feet span. XL Plans of Draw. 

 Deadener Caisson No. 2 Founda | XII. Strain. Diagrams. 



