Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell
Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell
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J.A.L Waddell was a well-known bridge engineer in the late 19th & early 20th centuries. His classic book entitled "Bridge Engineering" was published in 1916. A PDF version can be downloaded at:
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Bound copies are hard to come by. I've seen them going for a few hundred dollars to over $1,000, depending on the condition.
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Bound copies are hard to come by. I've seen them going for a few hundred dollars to over $1,000, depending on the condition.





RE: Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell
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Our company has a copy of the early 1900 volumes, but I don't like to rummage through them for fear that I will ruin them.
Generally, I see them on ebay on rare occassions for about 300 total. In fact, this is how I started on ebay, looking for these two books. Needless to say I haven't been successful in a bid yet.
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I first came across Waddell's book in the early 80's. There was an old timer- and I mean old; he probably worked for Waddell - who guarded those volumes with his life. He said they were still very useful.
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I get in about 1.5Mb and then the transfer stops for no reported reason.
This is on a computer that routinely downloads full CD images, on dialup.
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Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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Thanks.
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Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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Here is the link
http://bridges.lib.lehigh.edu/BookListpage.html
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There isn't a download button on the Google page I'm seeing using the link given by bridgebuster in the first post. There are links to buy or borrow the book on the right. Are you navigating to a different page to get the download button? The few excerpts given at the bottom right of the page suggest it isn't public domain (according to the site's "Where's the rest of this book?" explanation).
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Above the "about this book" link.
Left of "PDF-44.8M"
Rectangular button marked "Download" in bold.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell
Thanks for the help but I'm not getting the same page as you are when I use that link. I'm getting the "Snippet" view with no download ability. My guess is that perhaps the book is only public domain within the US (or so Google thinks). Google can presumably determine that my computer's locale is Canada.
Too bad, I really enjoy historical engineering documents.
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... that's the button's link.
It should open a dialog box for opening the pdf or starting a download.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell
Unfortunately your link just takes me back to the "Snippet" page. I give up, they know where I live! I have too much reading anyway.
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"John Alexander Low [Waddell] was born in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada on January 15, 1854. His father, Robert Needham Waddell, was born in Newry, Ireland and immigrated to Canada in 1831 when he was 16."
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In the mean time, here is a direct link to "Bridge Engineering"
www.slideruleera.net/Bridge_Engineering.zip
This is the complete 45 MB .pdf download from Google, including the Google disclaimer page - zipped to help get it thru some firewalls.
No problem with copyright on this one, having been published in the USA before 1923, it is solidly in the public domain. Here is a reference to the in's and out's of copyright / public domain
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Whitby to Middlesbrough. He planned the Thames tunnel from Tilbury to Gravesend (not then built).Following his death his Company was continued by three sons, John, George and Robert.What a coincidence !