Occasional Electronic Publication No. 1 - Society for Industrial ...
Occasional Electronic Publication No. 1 - Society for Industrial ...
Occasional Electronic Publication No. 1 - Society for Industrial ...
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Table of Contents<br />
Foreword.........................................................................................................................................iii<br />
Introduction.....................................................................................................................................iv<br />
Acknowledgments ..........................................................................................................................vi<br />
PART I: ABSTRACTS OF AMERICAN TRUSS BRIDGE PATENTS, A-Z.................................1<br />
PART II: PATENT CHRONOLOGY ORDERED BY TRUSS CONFIGURATION....................70<br />
Arch-Braced Trusses, 1817-1881.......................................................................................71<br />
Lattice Configurations, 1820-1887 ....................................................................................74<br />
Pratt Configurations, 1829-1895........................................................................................77<br />
Bowstring Configurations, 1830-1897...............................................................................80<br />
Howe Configurations, 1830-1894......................................................................................86<br />
Trusses with Multi-Panel Diagonal Struts, 1839-1885......................................................89<br />
Suspension Trusses, 1841-1892.........................................................................................91<br />
Trusses with Inclined Verticals, 1847-1885.......................................................................93<br />
Lenticular Configurations, 1849-1896...............................................................................95<br />
Indefinable and One-of-a-Kind Fanciful Truss Proposals, 1851-1897..............................97<br />
Warren Configurations, 1857-1898..................................................................................101<br />
Pratt Family of Trusses with Multi-Intersecting Diagonals, 1857-1877..........................104<br />
A-Frame, 1869-1894........................................................................................................106<br />
King-Post Configurations, 1870-1897.............................................................................107<br />
Queen-Post Configurations, 1876-1899...........................................................................109