A Treatise on Civil EngineeringJ. Wiley & Son, 1873 - 513 pages |
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... connection with the shales , or other argillaceous deposits . The celebrated Roman or Parker's cement , of England , which , from its prompt induration in water , has become an important article of commerce , is manufactured from ...
... connection with the shales , or other argillaceous deposits . The celebrated Roman or Parker's cement , of England , which , from its prompt induration in water , has become an important article of commerce , is manufactured from ...
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... connection with the clay deposits , or if it belong to a stratum whose general level and characteristics are the same as the argillo - magnesian rocks . These rocks are generally some shade of drab , or of gray , or of a dark grayish ...
... connection with the clay deposits , or if it belong to a stratum whose general level and characteristics are the same as the argillo - magnesian rocks . These rocks are generally some shade of drab , or of gray , or of a dark grayish ...
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... connected with the fact that brick reduced to a fine powder , as well as several substances of volcanic origin having nearly the same constituent elements as ordinary brick , when mixed in suita- ble proportions with common lime , will ...
... connected with the fact that brick reduced to a fine powder , as well as several substances of volcanic origin having nearly the same constituent elements as ordinary brick , when mixed in suita- ble proportions with common lime , will ...
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... connected ; and , if any unequal set- tling takes place , the vertical joints cannot open , as would be the case were they in a continued line from the top to the bottom of the mass ; as each block of one course confines the ends of the ...
... connected ; and , if any unequal set- tling takes place , the vertical joints cannot open , as would be the case were they in a continued line from the top to the bottom of the mass ; as each block of one course confines the ends of the ...
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... connected firmly by cross pieces into which they are notched , is firmly settled in the bed , and the earth is ... connecting the two layers 13 FOUNDATIONS OF STRUCTURES . 193.
... connected firmly by cross pieces into which they are notched , is firmly settled in the bed , and the earth is ... connecting the two layers 13 FOUNDATIONS OF STRUCTURES . 193.
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abutments action arch arranged artificial axis bars beam béton blocks bolts bottom breaking strain brick bridge caisson calcined carbonic carbonic acid cast iron centre chains chord clay common lime compression concrete connected construction cross curved cylinder deflection depth diagonal diameter durability embankment engineer experiments exterior feet flanch foundation fracture give hard heat Hodgkinson horizontal hot blast hydraulic cement hydraulic lime immersion joints kiln laid layer length limestones lower magnesia masonry mastic material ments metal mortar ordinary pieces piers pillars placed plates portion Portland cement pressure proportion puzzolana rails resistance ribs roadway Roman cement sand sheeting piles side slaked sleepers soffit soil solid span specific gravity spikes square inch steel strength structure struts suitable surface tensile tensile strength termed thickness timber tion transverse strain truss tube upper usually vertical voussoirs wall weight wire wrought iron yield
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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.