Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Retaining-Walls for Earth: Including the Theory of Earth-Pressure as Developed From the Ellipse of Stress, With a Short Treatise on Foundations, Illustrated With Examples From Practice
It is hoped that the introduction of a brief treatment of the supporting power of earth in the case of foundations, as well as the formula for determining the breadth of the base of a retaining-wall, will prove acceptable.
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