CHAPTER XIII.
131. Cantilever and Stiffened Suspension Bridges 166
132. Cantilever Bridges 166
133. Stiffened Suspension Bridges 168
134. The Stiffening Truss 170
135. Location and Arrangement of Stiffening Trusses 171
136. Division of Load between Cables and Stiffening Truss 173
137. Stresses in Cables and Moments and Shears in Trusses 174
138. Thermal Stresses and Moments in Stiffened
Suspension Bridges 175
139. Formation of the Cables 176
140. Economical Limits of Spans 177
PART III.
_WATER-WORKS FOR CITIES AND TOWNS._
CHAPTER XIV.
141. Introductory 179
142. First Steam-pumps 180
143. Water-supply of Paris and London 181
144. Early Water-pipes 181
145. Earliest Water-supplies in the United States 182
146. Quality and Uses of Public Water-supply 182
147. Amount of Public Water-supply 183
148. Increase of Daily Consumption and the Division
of that Consumption 183
149. Waste of Public Water 186
150. Analysis of Reasonable Daily Supply per Head of Population 188
151. Actual Daily Consumption in Cities of the United States 189
152. Actual Daily Consumption in Foreign Cities 191
153. Variations in Rate of Daily Consumption 192
154. Supply of Fire-streams 193
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