A Treatise on Civil EngineeringJ. Wiley & Son, 1873 - 513 pages |
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... Frames . 274 552-553 . Wooden Arches .. 277 CHAPTER V. BRIDGES . 554. Classification of Bridges ...... 279 II . STONE BRIDGES . 555-556 . Location of Stone Bridges . 279 557-561 . Survey - Management of the Water - way . 280 570-576 ...
... Frames . 274 552-553 . Wooden Arches .. 277 CHAPTER V. BRIDGES . 554. Classification of Bridges ...... 279 II . STONE BRIDGES . 555-556 . Location of Stone Bridges . 279 557-561 . Survey - Management of the Water - way . 280 570-576 ...
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... Frames of Wrought Iron ... 347 644. Experiments with a Model Tube .. 349 645. Britannia Tubular Bridge ... 350 646. Formula for Computing the Strength of Wrought - iron Tubes 354 647. Victoria Bridge .. 354 VII . SUSPENSION BRIDGES ...
... Frames of Wrought Iron ... 347 644. Experiments with a Model Tube .. 349 645. Britannia Tubular Bridge ... 350 646. Formula for Computing the Strength of Wrought - iron Tubes 354 647. Victoria Bridge .. 354 VII . SUSPENSION BRIDGES ...
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... frame of the machine , having at the upper end the cross - pieces B , upon which are mounted the gearings , and at the lower part the cross - piece cc ' , upon which are fixed the rests or steps for the lower part of the helices to run ...
... frame of the machine , having at the upper end the cross - pieces B , upon which are mounted the gearings , and at the lower part the cross - piece cc ' , upon which are fixed the rests or steps for the lower part of the helices to run ...
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... frames of timber . Tiles should be made of the best potter's clay , and be moulded with great care , to give them the greatest density and strength . They are of very variable form and size ; the worst being the flat square form , as ...
... frames of timber . Tiles should be made of the best potter's clay , and be moulded with great care , to give them the greatest density and strength . They are of very variable form and size ; the worst being the flat square form , as ...
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... frame - work of vessels requiring crooked timber . The trunk furnishes all the straight timber . 213. Trunk . The trunk of a full - grown tree presents three distinct parts : the bark , which forms the exterior coat- ing ; the sap ...
... frame - work of vessels requiring crooked timber . The trunk furnishes all the straight timber . 213. Trunk . The trunk of a full - grown tree presents three distinct parts : the bark , which forms the exterior coat- ing ; the sap ...
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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.