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150Appendix A. Data Collected From Historical StudiesOne <strong>of</strong> the most comprehensive sets <strong>of</strong> data acquired on the strength <strong>of</strong> wroughtiron was completed by David Kirkaldy while he worked at Robert Napier’s VulcanFoundry Works in Glasgow. During this time period, the company was using wroughtiron <strong>and</strong> steel to construct boilers <strong>and</strong> pressure vessels <strong>and</strong> was interested in ensuring thematerials used were strong enough <strong>and</strong> well understood. Between 1858 <strong>and</strong> 1861,Kirkaldy completed a series <strong>of</strong> tensile load tests <strong>of</strong> common metals used during this time.He published Results <strong>of</strong> an Experimental Inquiry into the Comparative Tensile Strength<strong>and</strong> other properties <strong>of</strong> various kinds <strong>of</strong> <strong>Wrought</strong>-<strong>Iron</strong> <strong>and</strong> Steel in 1862.Table A.1 lists the tensile test results <strong>of</strong> wrought iron bars that Kirkaldy hadreported. In this table the diameter <strong>of</strong> the bar, tensile strength (psi), <strong>and</strong> percentelongation <strong>of</strong> the bars were recorded from Kirkaldy’s publication. The percentelongation reported by Kirkaldy was typically the average <strong>of</strong> four tensile tests, <strong>and</strong>therefore the percent elongation data from every test performed was not available. Alsothe manufacturers <strong>of</strong> each iron bar was not recorded due to the fact that majority <strong>of</strong> themanufacturers were from Europe <strong>and</strong> would not be found in many wrought iron trussbridges throughout the United States.Along with testing wrought iron bar material, Kirkaldy also tested wrought ironplate <strong>and</strong> angle iron material that was commonly used for construction purposes. TablesA.2 <strong>and</strong> A.3 include the results from this plate <strong>and</strong> angle iron testing that were recordedfrom Kirkaldy’s publication. These tables include the thickness <strong>and</strong> tensile strength <strong>of</strong>the plate <strong>and</strong> angle iron material tested.Comm<strong>and</strong>er L. A. Beardslee U.S.N. was the chairman in charge <strong>of</strong> a committeethat was appointed in1875 by President U. S. Grant <strong>of</strong> the United States to complete athorough testing program with the purpose to determine the material properties <strong>of</strong>wrought iron. The majority <strong>of</strong> the material tested in his study was round bar material that

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