Excerpt from The Inspection of Railway Materials It has not been the Author's purpose to write a treatise on the strength Of materials nor on the machines and apparatus for testing them - as on these subj ects there are good works in existence - but rather to enable his readers to form a judgment in any particular case as to the class Of material to be used in the construction Of various parts Of permanent way and rolling-stock. 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.