A Treatise on Civil EngineeringJ. Wiley & Son, 1873 - 513 pages |
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... BRIDGE .. EAST RIVER BRIDGE .. VII . CONSTRUCTION OF MASONRY . PAGE . 163 166 167 167 167 ... 170 174 174 183 183 190 190 191 192 192 196 203 208 217 220 220 229 234 461-466 . Foundation Courses - Construction of . 467. Classification ...
... BRIDGE .. EAST RIVER BRIDGE .. VII . CONSTRUCTION OF MASONRY . PAGE . 163 166 167 167 167 ... 170 174 174 183 183 190 190 191 192 192 196 203 208 217 220 220 229 234 461-466 . Foundation Courses - Construction of . 467. Classification ...
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... Bridge . 611. Burr's Truss 612. Pratt's Truss . 613. McCallum's Truss .. 614. Canal Bridge .. 615. Wooden Arches . 616-621 . General Remarks . 310 314 315 316 317 317 318 320 320 320 321 322 324 324 622. Architecture of Wooden Bridges ...
... Bridge . 611. Burr's Truss 612. Pratt's Truss . 613. McCallum's Truss .. 614. Canal Bridge .. 615. Wooden Arches . 616-621 . General Remarks . 310 314 315 316 317 317 318 320 320 320 321 322 324 324 622. Architecture of Wooden Bridges ...
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... Bridge . 641. St. Louis and Illinois Bridge . 642. Kuilenberg Bridge ... PAGE 331 331 332 334 334 337 337 338 339 344 344 347 VI . TUBULAR BRIDGES . 643. Tubular Frames of Wrought Iron ... 347 644. Experiments with a Model Tube .. 349 ...
... Bridge . 641. St. Louis and Illinois Bridge . 642. Kuilenberg Bridge ... PAGE 331 331 332 334 334 337 337 338 339 344 344 347 VI . TUBULAR BRIDGES . 643. Tubular Frames of Wrought Iron ... 347 644. Experiments with a Model Tube .. 349 ...
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... bridge , at St. Louis , Missouri , the staves of the arches , the pins and plates are to be of the crucible cast steel of commerce . Those parts subjected to compression are to withstand 60,000 pounds on the square inch , and those ...
... bridge , at St. Louis , Missouri , the staves of the arches , the pins and plates are to be of the crucible cast steel of commerce . Those parts subjected to compression are to withstand 60,000 pounds on the square inch , and those ...
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Page 136 - ... elasticity ; and judging from its slow increase afterwards, I was persuaded that it had not come on by a sudden change, but had existed, though in a less degree, from a very early period.
Page 419 - ... long. The fascines are laid in alternate layers crosswise and lengthwise, and the layers are either connected by pickets, or else the withes, with which the fascines are bound, are cut to allow the brushwood to form a uniform and compact bed. This method of securing a good bed for structures on a weak wet soil has been long practised in Holland, and experience has fully tested its excellence.
Page 175 - For the coping and top courses of a wall, the same objections do not apply to excess in length : but this excess may, on the contrary, prove favorable ; because the number of top joints being thus diminished, the mass beneath the coping will be better protected, being exposed only at the joints, which cannot be made water-tight, owing to the mortar being crushed by the expansion of the blocks in warm weather, and, when they contract, being washed out by the rain.