A Treatise on Civil EngineeringJ. Wiley & Son, 1873 - 513 pages |
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... feet . 64. The circular seems the most suitable form for the hori zontal sections of a kiln , both for strength and economizing the heat . Were the section the same throughout , or the form of the interior of the kiln cylindrical , the ...
... feet . 64. The circular seems the most suitable form for the hori zontal sections of a kiln , both for strength and economizing the heat . Were the section the same throughout , or the form of the interior of the kiln cylindrical , the ...
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... feet , depending on the more or less compact texture of the stone , and the more or less ease with which it vitrifies . He proposes to use kilns with two stories ( Fig . 3 ) , A E D B с b A Fig . 3 represents a vertical section through ...
... feet , depending on the more or less compact texture of the stone , and the more or less ease with which it vitrifies . He proposes to use kilns with two stories ( Fig . 3 ) , A E D B с b A Fig . 3 represents a vertical section through ...
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... feet 9 inches greater than that of the grate . The diameter of the horizontal section at top is 0.63 the di- ameter of the greatest horizontal section . The horizontal sec- tions of the kiln diminish from the section near the top of the ...
... feet 9 inches greater than that of the grate . The diameter of the horizontal section at top is 0.63 the di- ameter of the greatest horizontal section . The horizontal sec- tions of the kiln diminish from the section near the top of the ...
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... feet ; the diameter at the bottom from eighteen inches to three feet ; the height of the thimble from seven to ten feet . The upper diameter of the body of the kiln , if conical , is about a C Fig . 7 . H M 99 f L. Fig . 4 represents a ...
... feet ; the diameter at the bottom from eighteen inches to three feet ; the height of the thimble from seven to ten feet . The upper diameter of the body of the kiln , if conical , is about a C Fig . 7 . H M 99 f L. Fig . 4 represents a ...
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... feet . The height of the draw pit nine feet . The body A of the masonry is sometimes rectangular and sometimes circular in plan , and about six feet in thickness . It is secured on the outside either by strips of wood let into the ...
... feet . The height of the draw pit nine feet . The body A of the masonry is sometimes rectangular and sometimes circular in plan , and about six feet in thickness . It is secured on the outside either by strips of wood let into the ...
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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.