General theory of bridge construction

Personal author:
Haupt, Herman, 1817-1905.

Title:
General theory of bridge construction: containing
demonstrations of the principles of the art and their
application to practice, furnishing the means of
calculating the strains upon the chords, ties, braces,
counter-braces, and other parts of a bridge or frame
of any description : with practical illustrations / by
Herman Haupt.

Publication info:
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1888.

Physical description:
268 p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

General notes:
Originally published 1851.
Plates 2-3 and 4-5 are each one leaf.

Subjects:
Bridges--Design and construction, Strains and stresses.