Excerpt from Text-Book of the Materials of Engineering

The principal change made in revising this text for the second edition is in the chapter on concrete, which has been entirely rewritten by Prof. Harrison F. Gonnerman. A short chapter has been added on rubber, leather, and hemp rope, considerable material has been added to the chapter on strain and stress, and to the chapter on inspection and testing, a separate chapter has been given to the subject of specifications, and tables, figures, and references have been thoroughly revised.

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