A Treatise on Civil EngineeringJ. Wiley & Son, 1873 - 513 pages |
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... Means of Preserving the Chains . 366 670. Proofs of Suspension Bridges .. 366 671. Durability 367 672. Suspension Bridge near Berwick , England 368 673. Menai Bridge 368 674. Fribourg Bridge .. 370 675. Hungerford and Lambeth Bridge 371 ...
... Means of Preserving the Chains . 366 670. Proofs of Suspension Bridges .. 366 671. Durability 367 672. Suspension Bridge near Berwick , England 368 673. Menai Bridge 368 674. Fribourg Bridge .. 370 675. Hungerford and Lambeth Bridge 371 ...
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... Means of Protecting the Banks - Inundations ... 496 834-841 . Elbows - Bars .... 497 842-849 . Slack - water Navigation . 501 CHAPTER X. SEA - COAST IMPROVEMENTS . 850-854 . Classification - Action of Tides .. 855-856 . Roadsteads ...
... Means of Protecting the Banks - Inundations ... 496 834-841 . Elbows - Bars .... 497 842-849 . Slack - water Navigation . 501 CHAPTER X. SEA - COAST IMPROVEMENTS . 850-854 . Classification - Action of Tides .. 855-856 . Roadsteads ...
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... means of in- creasing it when desirable . 2d . Their capacity to sustain , without injury to their physical qualities , permanent strains , whether exerted to crush them , tear them asunder , or to break them trans- versely . 3d . Their ...
... means of in- creasing it when desirable . 2d . Their capacity to sustain , without injury to their physical qualities , permanent strains , whether exerted to crush them , tear them asunder , or to break them trans- versely . 3d . Their ...
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... Mean annual wear . 0.1023 inch . 0.1063 66 0.1299 66 0.2126 66 0.2677 66 M. Coriolis remarks , that the weight of ... means of fine emery and sand . The relative resistance was calculated from the weight lost by each substance during ...
... Mean annual wear . 0.1023 inch . 0.1063 66 0.1299 66 0.2126 66 0.2677 66 M. Coriolis remarks , that the weight of ... means of fine emery and sand . The relative resistance was calculated from the weight lost by each substance during ...
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... means of better regulating the heat , and of throwing the flame more in the axis of the kiln than can be done in kilns without them . The action of the flame is thus more uniformly felt through the mass of stone above the top of the ...
... means of better regulating the heat , and of throwing the flame more in the axis of the kiln than can be done in kilns without them . The action of the flame is thus more uniformly felt through the mass of stone above the top of the ...
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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.