... elasticity ; and judging from its slow increase afterwards, I was persuaded that it had not come on by a sudden change, but had existed, though in a less degree, from a very early period. A Treatise on Civil Engineering - Page 136by Dennis Hart Mahan - 1873 - 513 pagesFull view - About this book
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1838 - 822 pages
...elasticity, and judging from its slow increase afterwards, I was persuaded that it had not come on by any sudden change, but had existed, though in a less degree, from a very early period. I mentioned the fact and my convictions sometime after to Mr. Fairbairn, and expressed a desire to... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1838 - 824 pages
...elasticity, and judging from its slow increase afterwards, I was persuaded that it had not come on by any sudden change, but had existed, though in a less degree, from a very early period. I mentioned the fact and my convictions sometime after to Mr. Fairbairn, and expressed a desire to... | |
| 1839 - 938 pages
...elasticity; and judging from its slow increase afterwards, I was persuaded that it had not come on by any sudden change, but had existed, though in a less degree, from a very early period. I mentioned the fact and my convictions sometime after to Mr. Fairbairn, and expressed a desire to... | |
| Eaton Hodgkinson - 1846 - 224 pages
...elasticity; and judging from its slow increase afterwards, I was persuaded that it had not come on by any sudden change, but had existed, though in a less degree, from a very early period. I mentioned the fact, and my convictions, some time afterwards to Mr. Fairbairn, and, after examining... | |
| Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1848 - 674 pages
...explanation of the fact observed by Mr. Hodgkinson, I do not think we are to conclude with him, that " tlie maxim of loading bodies within the elastic limit has no foundation in nature." It appears to me that the defect of elasticity which he has shown to occur even with тегу slight... | |
| William Laxton - 1849 - 486 pages
...the explanation of the fact observed by Mr. Hodgkinson, I do not think we are to conclude with him, that " the maxim of loading bodies within the elastic limit has no foundation in nature." It appears to me that the defect of elasticity which he has shown to occur even with very slight strains,... | |
| Dennis Hart Mahan - 1852 - 418 pages
...some cases a considerable set or defect of elasticity ; and judging from its slow increase afterwards, I was persuaded that it had not come on by a sudden...though in a less degree, from a very early period." 313. "We may admit," from the mean results, "that the strength of rectangular bars is as the square... | |
| Dennis Hart Mahan - 1867 - 428 pages
...some cases a considerable set or defect of elasticity ; and judging from its slow increase afterwards, I was persuaded that it had not come on by a sudden...that the maxim of loading bodies within the elastic limrt, has no foundation in nature ; but .t will be considered as a compensating fact, that materials... | |
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