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    Brooklyn Bridge

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    The Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn bridge in its days was the biggest‚ most famous bridge in the world‚ it had the most beautiful suspension bridges and the most dramatic testament yet to American technical ingenuity and daring. The bridge indicated that there was no place like New York‚ no place like American in the 19th century .The heroic history of the Brooklyn Bridge and its construction is well known‚ its position in the American life is remarkable ‚as is the infinitely unprecedented structure

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    Bridge on the Drina

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    1) What did the bridge represent? The bridge signified the very important connection between Sarajevo with the rest of the Turkish Empire. The Bridge got rid of the boat transportation system across the river. This boat transportation system was very unreliable. The serfs were forced to build the bridge under terrible working conditions. 2) Who built the bridge and why did he do it? Mehmed built the bridge at the age of 60 when he became a Grand Vizier. He built the bridge to make a tribute to

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    JUST KEEP TRUCKIN’ ‚ AMERICA…..AND DON’T THINK ! (Or View From A Truck) by Frank Belcher PREFACE What is a truck ? Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (Fifth Edition) published by G. & C. Merriam Company in 1947‚ among several definitions‚ calls it: "Any strong horse-drawn or automotive vehicle for heavy or long-distance hauling." Indeed‚ such automotive vehicles for heavy or

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    The London Bridge

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    London Bridge The London Bridge is probably the most famous bridge ever built. After being in songs and being rebuilt a number of times the London Bridge is also one of the oldest bridges. The first London Bridge was built by Romans sometime after 43 AD and some of its wooden remains have been uncovered on the north side of the river. During its life the wooden structure was renewed several times‚ and it was probably to this earliest bridge that the nursery rhyme ‘London Bridge is falling

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    Padma Bridge

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    BANGLADESH ECONOMOY IF PADMA BRIDGE NOT ESTABLISH INTRODUCTION: The Padma Bridge is a multipurpose road raile bridge across the Padma river to be constructed in Bangladesh. When completed it will be the largest bridge in Bangladesh and the first fixed river crossing for road traffic. It will connect Louhajang‚ Munshiganj to Shariatpur and Madaripur‚ linking the south-west of the country‚ to northern and eastern regions. The project covers three districts — Munshiganj (Mawa point/North bank)‚ Shariatpur

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    Now‚ girls are supposed to be fastidious‚ but I was the one who suffered most from this. Nora‚ my sister‚ just sucked up to the old woman for the penny she got every Friday out of the old-age pension‚ a thing I could not do. I was too honest‚ that was my trouble; and when I was playing with Bill Connell‚ the sergeant-major’s son‚ and saw my grandmother steering up the path with the jug of porter sticking out from beneath her shawl‚ I was mortified. I made excuses not to let him come into the house

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    Padma Bridge

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    Padma Bridge 1 Padma Bridge Padma Multipurpose Bridge Carries Crosses Locale Maintained by Designer Design Material Total length Width Motor vehicles‚ Railway Padma River Louhajong‚ Munshiganj to Shariatpur and Madaripur Bangladesh Bridge Authority Maunsell AECOM Truss bridge Steel 6‚150 m (20‚180 ft) 21.1 m (69 ft)  Bangladesh Construction begin expected in 2013 Construction end Coordinates expected in 2016 23°25′21″N 90°18′35″E The Padma Bridge is a multipurpose road-rail bridge across

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    Bridge Project

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    Bridge Write Up The problem that we have is we need to find a bridge that will fill a gap that is 12" long‚ and 2.5" wide. Our objective is to build a bridge that can hold up to 2.5kg at the most. The bridge must have a length at least 3inches‚ and a width of 2.5inches. Some constraints that we have are no more than 10% of the bridge may consist of "bulky" members made from two pieces of balsa wood. We can only use 15 pieces of balsa wood‚ and if we use string it has to be attached in a simple

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    A Wheatstone Bridge

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    A Wheatstone bridge is an electrical circuit used to measure an unknown electrical resistance by balancing two legs of a bridge circuit‚ one leg of which includes the unknown component. Its operation is similar to the original potentiometer. It was invented by Samuel Hunter Christie in 1833 and improved and popularized by Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1843. One of the Wheatstone bridge’s initial uses was for the purpose of soils analysis and comparison.[1] -------------------------------------------------

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    Suspension Bridge

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    Suspension bridge – A parabola What is meant by suspension bridge? A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck (the load-bearing portion) is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. Outside Tibet and Bhutan‚ where the first examples of this type of bridge were built in the 15th century‚ this type of bridge dates from the early 19th century. Bridges without vertical suspenders have a long history in many mountainous parts of the world. Structure of suspension bridge – This

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