The Anatomy of Bridgework

Chapter 23: Transcriber’s Notes

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About This Book

The book presents a practical survey of metallic, timber, and masonry bridge behaviour, common defects, and maintenance practices, illustrated with case examples and drawings. It examines girder bearings, main and open-web girders, floors, bracing, and riveted connections; analyses high stresses, deformations, and deflections; and discusses corrosion, painting, inspection methods, repair and strengthening techniques including addition of centre girders. Separate chapters compare cast-iron, timber, and masonry construction, consider service life and maintenance costs, and outline methods for reconstruction and widening, offering engineers guidance grounded in observed performance and practical remedies.

Transcriber’s Notes

The text of the original work (including inconsistent spelling, hyphenation, formatting etc.) has been retained, except as mentioned below.
The slight differences between the Table of Contents and the text have not been changed

Changes made to the text:
Some punctuation errors and obvious typographical errors have been corrected silently.
Several illustrations have been moved to where they are described in the text.
Page 123, formula (2): the original shows an unclear superscript after the first L. As described in the following line of the text, this has been changed to L_l.