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Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell

Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell

Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell

(OP)
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:

http://books.google.com/books?id=nd4gAAAAMAAJ&dq=bridge+engineering+waddell&printsec=frontcover&source=web&;ots=wnuNfUCAH5&sig=bb7zlj8ZCAXMpkOd16qkxkB4YWU#PPR12,M1

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

(OP)
I forgot to mention that there are many old text books that can be downnloaded.

RE: Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell

Thanks, bridgebuster.  

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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RE: Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell

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Qshake,

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.

RE: Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell

Has anyone else tried to download that volume?

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.

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

RE: Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell

Mine downloaded it in a couple of minutes, and we don't have the world's best network.

Hg

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RE: Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell

I must be holding my tongue wrong.

Thanks.

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

RE: Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell

How do you even download it?  The above Google link only shows a few excerpts with no download link.

RE: Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell

There's a "download" button on the right.

Hg

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RE: Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell

Lehigh University has a good collection of 19th Century books (.pdf) on bridges. Trouble is they have to be downloaded and/or read one page at a time. I have a given myself the long term project of downloading some of these and assembling into complete .pdf books. Will let you know when they are on my website.

Here is the link
http://bridges.lib.lehigh.edu/BookListpage.html

www.SlideRuleEra.net idea

RE: Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell

Hg,

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).

RE: Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell

Top right panel.  Under the single page image.
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

Hg and Mike,

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.

RE: Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell

Thanks Mike,

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.

RE: Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell

If it really is public domain, perhaps someone else can post it somewhere?  Remind me--who is it on this forum who maintains a nice web page with historical references on it?

Hg

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RE: Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell

Bridgebuster.  Last night Two First Edition ( 1916) volumes of John WJohn  John Waddells book was sold on ebay With 3 hours to go it was $375 ut I guess it would go very much higher. There was a very well known and famous Scottish bridge builder also called John Waddel who built many significant railway bridges in Brickwork in UK from 1875  till 1910.   Does anyone know if this was the Father of your Americal J Waddell ?

Regards CM

RE: Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell

The February 2007 of STRUCTURE magazine has an article about J. A. L. Waddell.  From page 61:

"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."


RE: Bridge Engineering by J.A.L Waddell

HgTX - Very subtle... I'll try to find that person...

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
http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm

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I guess its just an incredible coincidence of names but on our side of the Atlantic we also had John Waddell  born in Edinburg 1828 died   His Company was a Railway and Bridge Construction Company and built London's Putney Bridge,  Linerpool's Mersey Tunnel,  the fantastic railway from Scarborough to Whitby  and then the Esk Valley line from
 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 !

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