Cambria Steel: A handbook of Information Relating to Structural Steel Manufactured by the Cambria Steel Co., containing useful tables, rules, data and formulae for the use of Engineers, Architects, Builders and Mechanics

Ninth Edition. A softcover catalog from the Cambria Steel Co. in fair/good condition. Bound in red leather with the gilt stamping on the front cover and the spine, though the gilt has rubbed and worn over time. The fore-edge is colored red, as well. 474 pages + graph paper at the back. The leather of the wraps and spine is worn, as well, with tear on the hinges, missing leather at the foot of the spine and corners, chipped corners and edges, and much rubbing. The endpapers are chipped as well. ”Roy R. Carter, University of Illinois 09-10” is written in aged ink on the front free endpaper. Scattered throughout are also the occasional pencil tick or circle. The graph paper section at the back of the book has some technical notes written in ink. The frontispiece is a folding page with black & white illustrations of the company’s Cambria Works, Gautier Works, and Franklin Works. It is torn on the left edge, about 2”. There are many other illustrations throughout of steels beams and bars, etc., most in black & white but some with light blue details. With a strong, sturdy binding, though the gutter is cracked in a few places throughout and the binding is cocked. No loose or missing pages. Included in this volume: Sections of I-Beams, Channels, Angles, etc.; Diagram for Minimum Standard Beams and Channels; Moments of Inertia of Rectangles; Explanations of Safe Loads for Beam Box Girders and Plate Girders; Dimensions of Rivet Heads after Driving; and much more. …