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IN some remarks made in NATURE, vol. xxvii. p. 101, by Mr. Charles Shaler Smith, the following passage occurs:—“The tests of the last few years show conclusively, that iron exposed to compression within its buckling limit is compacted in texture and strengthened by such use while, if subjected to continuous tension beyond two thirds of its elastic limit, it is attenuated and weakened.” As I think that the words above quoted may perhaps to a certain extent mislead those who have not themselves made experiments on the elasticity of iron and steel, and on the alteration of density which can be produced by compression or extension, I would observe:—
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TOMLINSON, H. The Forth Bridge. Nature 27, 147–148 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/027147b0
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