A Treatise on Civil EngineeringJ. Wiley & Son, 1873 - 513 pages |
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... laid down any infallible rules to guide the engineer in the selection of a material that may be pronounced durable for the ordinary period allotted to the works of man . In truth the subject ad- mits of only general indications ; for ...
... laid down any infallible rules to guide the engineer in the selection of a material that may be pronounced durable for the ordinary period allotted to the works of man . In truth the subject ad- mits of only general indications ; for ...
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... laid down , which the engineer may safely follow , in the absence of the means of making direct experiments . 119. As to the action of salt water on artificial hydraulic limes made by mixing common lime with a natural or artifi- cial ...
... laid down , which the engineer may safely follow , in the absence of the means of making direct experiments . 119. As to the action of salt water on artificial hydraulic limes made by mixing common lime with a natural or artifi- cial ...
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... 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 these precautions , General Pasley states that a stucco of ...
... 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 these precautions , General Pasley states that a stucco of ...
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... laid under water , or in humid localities . 161. Béton made of small fragments of stone or pebbles has within recent years been applied to the construction of the walls of houses . For this purpose , the concrete is laid up in layers ...
... laid under water , or in humid localities . 161. Béton made of small fragments of stone or pebbles has within recent years been applied to the construction of the walls of houses . For this purpose , the concrete is laid up in layers ...
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... laid to secure greater so- lidity . 163. In preparing the concrete the lime and sand are made into heaps of about one cubic yard in volume in alternate layers of the two ingredients . Each heap is then worked up dry with the shovel . In ...
... laid to secure greater so- lidity . 163. In preparing the concrete the lime and sand are made into heaps of about one cubic yard in volume in alternate layers of the two ingredients . Each heap is then worked up dry with the shovel . In ...
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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.