Author : G. K. Burgess
Release : 2015-07-21
Genre : Technology & Engineering
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Download or read book Technologic Papers of the Bureau of Standards written by G. K. Burgess. This book was released on 2015-07-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Technologic Papers of the Bureau of Standards: Some Foreign Specifications for Railway Materials: Rails, Wheels, Axles, Tires As a result of this inquiry the consuls general of the United States resident in the several countries mentioned took great pains to secure as complete data as possible; and their requests for information were cordially responded to by the several railway administrations, whether under governmental or private control. The Bureau of Standards takes this opportunity of expressing its appreciation of the effective cooperation by the Department of State and of the foreign railway administrations; and it is hoped that the information thus obtained may be of some interest and service to the railways and manufacturers of railway material in the United States, in that it gives an opportunity to compare American and European practice for some of those portions of railway equipment which are most subject to the failures causing accidents. There are also included some accident statistics which, however, are to be considered mainly as indicative of their relative frequency in the several countries, and as caused by failure of railway material. An exact comparison can not be made on account of different classifications and methods used in reporting accidents. The discussion and comparison of the several types of foreign specifications and tests of rails, wheels, axles, and tires, treated by subjects, forms the main text of the report, while the detailed specifications and descriptions of tests are given by countries in the appendix. The authors take this opportunity of expressing their appreciation of the aid rendered in the translation of the Italian specification to Mr. A. Fanti and in the translation of the Swedish specification to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. II. Some Accident Statistics The data gathered relative to the number and causes of accidents are shown in Table I, in which there is also included for comparison similar figures for the United States, culled mainly from the reports of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The foreign figures are evidently, in many cases, very incomplete, and the basis of computation is not a common one for the various countries, so that strictly exact numerical comparisons with the American figures can not be made. 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.