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MR. WOLFE offers us a detailed study of the graphical methods as used in statical problems, with applications to the investigation of various types of structures. He first sets out the ordinary theory ...

THE retarded elastic extension of a high polymer under load can be represented by a series of Voigt elements, each consisting of a spring and dashpot in parallel. With each element is associated a ...