A Treatise on Civil EngineeringJ. Wiley & Son, 1873 - 513 pages |
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... interior , through New York and Virginia , and the intermediate States . 17. Argillaceous Stones . The stones arranged under this head are mostly composed of clay , in a more or less indurated state , and presenting a laminated ...
... interior , through New York and Virginia , and the intermediate States . 17. Argillaceous Stones . The stones arranged under this head are mostly composed of clay , in a more or less indurated state , and presenting a laminated ...
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... interior of the Capitol at Washington ; several in New York , which furnish white , the bird's - eye , and other variegated kinds ; and some in Conn . , which , among other varieties , furnish a verd antique of handsome quality ...
... interior of the Capitol at Washington ; several in New York , which furnish white , the bird's - eye , and other variegated kinds ; and some in Conn . , which , among other varieties , furnish a verd antique of handsome quality ...
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... interior of edifices . For this pur- pose it is prepared by calcining , or , as the workmen term it , boiling the stone , until it is deprived of its water of crystal- lization . In this state it is made into a thin paste , and poured ...
... interior of edifices . For this pur- pose it is prepared by calcining , or , as the workmen term it , boiling the stone , until it is deprived of its water of crystal- lization . In this state it is made into a thin paste , and poured ...
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... interior is thoroughly burnt . 59. If a current of vapor is passed over the stone after it has commenced to give off its carbonic acid , the remaining por- tion of the gas which , under ordinary circumstances , is expelled with great ...
... interior is thoroughly burnt . 59. If a current of vapor is passed over the stone after it has commenced to give off its carbonic acid , the remaining por- tion of the gas which , under ordinary circumstances , is expelled with great ...
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... interior of a kiln for burning lime with coal . A , solid masonry of the kiln , which is built up on the exterior like a square tower , with two arched entrances at B , B on opposite sides . C , interior of the kiln , lined with fire ...
... interior of a kiln for burning lime with coal . A , solid masonry of the kiln , which is built up on the exterior like a square tower , with two arched entrances at B , B on opposite sides . C , interior of the kiln , lined with fire ...
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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.