Michigan Engineers' Annual Containing the Proceedings of the Michigan Engineering Society, Volumes 13-151892 |
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... Bridge Trusses , $ 2.50 Part III , Arches , $ 2.50 Notes on Rankine's Civil Engineering , $ 1.00 G. L. Wells Civil Engineer Preliminary and Location Surveys for Railroads , Construction Superintended Surveys , Plans , Estimates and ...
... Bridge Trusses , $ 2.50 Part III , Arches , $ 2.50 Notes on Rankine's Civil Engineering , $ 1.00 G. L. Wells Civil Engineer Preliminary and Location Surveys for Railroads , Construction Superintended Surveys , Plans , Estimates and ...
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... Bridge Engineer , Toledo , Ohio . DEWEY , F. S. , Civil Engineer and Contractor , Alpena , Mich . DURAND , W. F. , Principal of School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering , Cornell University , Ithica , N. Y. DOUGLASS , BENJ ...
... Bridge Engineer , Toledo , Ohio . DEWEY , F. S. , Civil Engineer and Contractor , Alpena , Mich . DURAND , W. F. , Principal of School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering , Cornell University , Ithica , N. Y. DOUGLASS , BENJ ...
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... bridge . Just a small iron tower for the people to live in . It carries from 2,000 to 2,500 tons . The way they build at the present day is governed by the amount of water in the lock . During this summer the water has been very low ...
... bridge . Just a small iron tower for the people to live in . It carries from 2,000 to 2,500 tons . The way they build at the present day is governed by the amount of water in the lock . During this summer the water has been very low ...
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... Bridge streets is trimmed with the red sandstone , Lake Superior stone , and the Michigan Trust Company building is the one mentioned last evening , one block from here . PRESIDENT : Mr. Forster , who is not present , is more familiar ...
... Bridge streets is trimmed with the red sandstone , Lake Superior stone , and the Michigan Trust Company building is the one mentioned last evening , one block from here . PRESIDENT : Mr. Forster , who is not present , is more familiar ...
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... bridge cable , and such a curve inverted gives the best form of arch to carry such a load . If a masonry arch , such as V X , is filled above with loose material to the horizontal line , the curve of equilibrium will resemble the one ...
... bridge cable , and such a curve inverted gives the best form of arch to carry such a load . If a masonry arch , such as V X , is filled above with loose material to the horizontal line , the curve of equilibrium will resemble the one ...
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Page 14 - I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou shouldst lead me on; I loved to choose and see my path; but now lead thou me on. I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, pride ruled my will: remember not past years. So long thy power hath blest me, sure it still will lead me on, o'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till the night is gone, and with the morn those angel faces smile, which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.
Page 129 - Whether, as rules of property, it would now be safe to change these doctrines where they have been applied, as before remarked, is for the several States themselves to determine. If they choose to resign to the riparian proprietor rights which properly belong to them in their sovereign capacity, it is not for others to raise objections.
Page 86 - Miami river of the lake, then and in that case, with the assent of the Congress of the United States, the northern boundary of this State shall be established by, and extend to, a direct line running from the southern extremity of Lake Michigan to the most northerly cape of the Miami bay...
Page 130 - But grants of land, bounded on rivers, or upon margins of the same, or along the same, above tide water, carry the exclusive right and title of the grantee to the center of the stream, unless the terms of the grant clearly denote the intention to stop at the edge or margin of the river...
Page 121 - The State shall not be a party to or interested in any work of internal improvement, nor engaged in carrying on any such work, except in the expenditure of grants to the State of land or other property.
Page 235 - All the corners marked in the surveys returned by the surveyor-general shall bo established as the proper corners of sections, or subdivisions of sections, which they were intended to designate, and the corners of half and quarter sections, not marked on the surveys, shall be placed as nearly as possible equidistant from two corners which stand on the same line.
Page 191 - CO., who have had nearly fifty years' experience in the patent business. Communications strictly confidential. A Ilanilbnnk of Information concerning 1'ntents and bow to obtain them sent free. Also a catalogue of mechanical and scientific books sent free. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice in the Scientific American, and thus are brought widely before the public without cost to the inventor.
Page 249 - Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use, shall make just compensation for property taken, injured, or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways, or improvements, which compensation shall be paid or secured before such taking, injury, or destruction.