A Treatise on Civil EngineeringJ. Wiley & Son, 1873 - 513 pages |
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... Joints of Different Kinds 267 548. Open - built Beams ... 271 549-550 . Framing for Intermediate Supports . 272 551. Experiments on the Strength of Frames . 274 552-553 . Wooden Arches .. 277 CHAPTER V. BRIDGES . 554. Classification of ...
... Joints of Different Kinds 267 548. Open - built Beams ... 271 549-550 . Framing for Intermediate Supports . 272 551. Experiments on the Strength of Frames . 274 552-553 . Wooden Arches .. 277 CHAPTER V. BRIDGES . 554. Classification of ...
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... Joints .. 771-776 . Steel Rails . 456 458 461 462 464 464 CHAPTER VIII . CANALS . 777-780 . General Remarks . 467 781. Cross Section ... 470 . 782-783 . Supply of Water . 471 784-786 . Locks - Use of , eto .. 472 787-793 . Feeders and ...
... Joints .. 771-776 . Steel Rails . 456 458 461 462 464 464 CHAPTER VIII . CANALS . 777-780 . General Remarks . 467 781. Cross Section ... 470 . 782-783 . Supply of Water . 471 784-786 . Locks - Use of , eto .. 472 787-793 . Feeders and ...
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... joints , and when applied as a stucco , that it should be laid on in but one coat ; or , if it be laid on in two , the second must be added long before the first has set , so that , in fact , the two make but one coat . By attending to ...
... joints , and when applied as a stucco , that it should be laid on in but one coat ; or , if it be laid on in two , the second must be added long before the first has set , so that , in fact , the two make but one coat . By attending to ...
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... joints , ridges , or marks of any kind . A characteristic property of this stone paste , when prop- erly mixed , is that it does not assume a jelly - like motion when rammed . Its degree of moisture must be precisely such that the ...
... joints , ridges , or marks of any kind . A characteristic property of this stone paste , when prop- erly mixed , is that it does not assume a jelly - like motion when rammed . Its degree of moisture must be precisely such that the ...
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... joints . In northern climates it has to sustain the severest tests to which masonry of any description can be exposed ; to alternations of cold and heat , moisture and dry- ness , freezing and thawing . Béton aggloméré , when the volume ...
... joints . In northern climates it has to sustain the severest tests to which masonry of any description can be exposed ; to alternations of cold and heat , moisture and dry- ness , freezing and thawing . Béton aggloméré , when the volume ...
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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.