 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1838 - 822 pages
...and 11201bs. In the former of these cases a set was visible with •j!y, and in the other with -fa of the breaking weight, showing that there is no weight,...however small, that will not injure the elasticity. In two other bars, from the same model, which were laid against vertical supports at the same distance... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1838 - 824 pages
...and 1 liJDllis. In the former of these cases a set was visible with •jJy, and in the other with -fa of the breaking weight, showing that there is no weight,...however small, that will not injure the elasticity. In two other bars, from the same model, which were laid against vertical supports at the same distance... | |
 | Meteorology - 1839 - 938 pages
...and 1120 Ibs. In the former of these cases a set was visible with 1-52, and in the other with 1-80 of the breaking weight, showing that there is no weight,...however small, that will not injure the elasticity. In two other bars, from the same model, which were laid against vertical supports at the same distance... | |
 | Eaton Hodgkinson - Cast-iron - 1846 - 224 pages
...and 1120 tts. In the former of these cases a set was visible with ^ nd, and in the other with fbth of the breaking weight, showing that there is no weight,...however small, that will not injure the elasticity. The ratio of the breaking weights in these two experiments was as 1 : 3 - 07; showing that a bar of... | |
 | Dennis Hart Mahan - Civil engineering - 1852 - 418 pages
...Ibs., and 1120 Ibs. In the former of these cases a set was visible with j'j, and in the other with T 'y of the breaking weight, showing that there is no weight,...however small, that will not injure the elasticity." 318. The object had in view by Mr. Hodgkinson, in the experiments recorded in the two preceding Tables,... | |
 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - Civil engineering - 1854 - 540 pages
...former of these cases, a set was visible with one fifty-seventh, and in the other, with one eightieth of the breaking weight ; showing, that there is no weight, however small, that will not injure the elasticity."1 The absence of a permanent set was, therefore, the exception, not the rule. Mr. F. BRAITHWAITE... | |
 | Dennis Hart Mahan - Civil engineering - 1855 - 446 pages
...Ibs., and 1120 Ibs. In the former of these cases a set was visible with j'j, and in the other with f\ of the breaking weight, showing that there is no weight,...of the casting, which was uniform throughout, had the form JL- During the experiments the broad part ab was laid ab horizontally upon supports ; the... | |
 | Geology - 1864 - 474 pages
...imparted to bars of cast iron, by a temporary load which is but a small fraction of its breaking load, and that " there is no weight however small that will not injure the elasticity" of such a bar. As we cannot suppose that a given mass of molecules, while retaining forces of mutual... | |
 | 1864 - 968 pages
...imparted to bars of cast iron, by a temporary load which is but a small fraction of its breaking load, and that " there is no weight however small that will not injure the elasticity" of such a bar. As we cannot suppose that a given mass of molecules, while retaining forces of mutual... | |
 | Dennis Hart Mahan - Civil engineering - 1871 - 468 pages
...Ibs., and 1120 Ibs. In the former of these cases a set was visible with ^V, and in the other with -IVof the breaking weight, showing that there is no weight,...of the casting, which was uniform throughout, had the form JL- During the experiments the broad part ab was laid a li horizontally upon supports ; the... | |
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When a body is subjected to a transverse strain, some of its particles are extended and others compressed ; I was desirous to ascertain whether the above defect in elasticity arose from tension or compression, or both. Experiments 4 and 5 show this ;... 
