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Excerpt from Some Considerations Regarding Cast Iron Ani Steel Pipes
IN the ordinary. Course of engineering practice some of the most important developments have been the direct result of the introduction of new and improved materials of construction. In this respect mild steel, owing to its high tensile strength, ductility, moderate cost and practically unlimited supply, is perhaps the most con spicuous example, particularly in its application to structural engineering work. The success of steel, how ever, has sometimes led to its introduction and departures from well-established and successful practice, without a due regard to the particular working conditions under which it was to be employed. The result of this at times has been more or less unsatisfactory in this respect the employment of steel in the construction of under ground pipes and conduits has in some examples been equally disappointing. The author for that reason has had occasion to consider various instances of failure of steel pipes, and the relative merits of cast iron pipes under similar circumstances. The following short treatise may, therefore, be taken as a résumé of his observations on this subject, the details of which he now submits as herein set forth in the hope that they may be of interest to engineers and others more particularly engaged in or a.
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