Excerpt from The Armour Engineer, Vol. 11: The Quarterly Technical Publication of the Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois The theory underlying the solution of the first problem is dealt with in the following article. The discussion of the second problem, which, from a practical point of view, is of greater importance, will follow in a later article. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.