A Treatise on Civil EngineeringJ. Wiley & Son, 1873 - 513 pages |
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... inches deep , and jointed to each other endwise , for the wheels to travel on , with a common street pavement ... inch . 0.1063 66 0.1299 66 0.2126 66 0.2677 66 M. Coriolis remarks , that the weight of water absorbed af- fords one of the ...
... inches deep , and jointed to each other endwise , for the wheels to travel on , with a common street pavement ... inch . 0.1063 66 0.1299 66 0.2126 66 0.2677 66 M. Coriolis remarks , that the weight of water absorbed af- fords one of the ...
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... inches above the top of the grate ; the diameter of the kiln at this point being about 2 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 ...
... inches above the top of the grate ; the diameter of the kiln at this point being about 2 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 ...
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... inches in size in any direction . In the selection of the lumps great care and experience are required on the part of the kiln attendants , in order to obtain a product of uniform quality , as admixtures of stones varying in any ...
... inches in size in any direction . In the selection of the lumps great care and experience are required on the part of the kiln attendants , in order to obtain a product of uniform quality , as admixtures of stones varying in any ...
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... inches to three 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 ...
... inches to three 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 ...
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... inches deep ; and be built of hard brick , stone , or timber laid on a firm foundation . allowed to stand too long ... inches in width at the top , thirteen inches at the bottom , and twenty - four inches deep . The 52 CIVIL ENGINEERING .
... inches deep ; and be built of hard brick , stone , or timber laid on a firm foundation . allowed to stand too long ... inches in width at the top , thirteen inches at the bottom , and twenty - four inches deep . The 52 CIVIL ENGINEERING .
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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.