Suspension-Bridge
Description:
Patent for a suspension bridge which functions are to "transmit a given pressure equally in either direction therefrom to the piers or abutments; second, to balance a given pressure irrespective of its location; third, to provide an elastic yielding road-bed or flooring which will transmit the pressure of an incumbent weight or strain; fourth, to increase the length or span over an existing conditions; fifth, to dispense with piers, except on the shore margins; sixth, to facilitate the construc…
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Date:
December 18, 1888
Creator:
Runyon, Edwin Elijah
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department