On some points for the Consideration of English Engineers with 

 reference to the Design of Girder Bridges. By W. Shelford, 

 M.Inst.G.E., and A, H. Shield, Assoc. M. Inst. G.E. 



[A communication ordered by the General Committee to be printed in extenso 



among the Reports.] 



Engineers with an eye for bridge-building cannot fail to be struck by 

 the difference in general appearance between English, German, and 

 American bridges. The ordinary plate-girder unquestionably finds more 

 favour in England than elsewhere, while in Germany it seems to have 



