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BRIDGE-CONSTRUCTION 



(A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON): 



Being a Text-Book on the Construction of Bridges in 

 Iron and Steel. 



FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS, DRAUGHTSMEN, AND ENGINEERS, 



BY 



T. CLAXTON FIDLER, M. INST. C.E., 



Prof, of Engineering, University College, Dundee. 



"Of late years the American treatises on Practical and Applied Mechanics 

 have taken the lead . . . since the opening up of a vast continent has 

 given the American engineer a number of new bridge -problems to solve 

 . . . but we look to the PRESENT TREATISE ON BRIDGE-CONSTRUCTION, and 

 the Forth Bridge, to bring us to the front again." Engineer. 



" One of the VERY BEST RECENT WORKS on the Strength of Materials and its 

 application to Bridge-Construction. . . . Well repays a careful Study." 

 Engineering. 



"An INDISPENSABLE HANDBOOK for the practical Engineer." Nature. 



" The science is progressive, and as an exposition of its LATEST ADVANCES 

 we are glad to welcome Mr. Fidler's well -written treatise." Architect. 



"An admirable account of "the theory and process of bridge-design, AT ONCE 

 SCIENTIFIC AND THOROUGHLY PRACTICAL. It is a book such as we have a right 

 to expect from one who is himself a substantial contributor to the theory of 

 the subject, as well as a bridge-builder of repute." Saturday Review. 



"This book is a model of what an engineering treatise ought to be." 

 Industries. 



"A SCIENTIFIC TREATISE OF GREAT MERIT." Westminster Review. 



"Of recent text-books on subjects of mechanical science, there has 

 appeared no one more ABLE, EXHAUSTIVE, or USEFUL than Mr. Claxton 

 Fidler's work on Bridge-Construction." Scotsman. 



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