A Treatise on Civil EngineeringJ. Wiley & Son, 1873 - 513 pages |
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... nearly all the matter which he had prepared ; still , I have omitted a few paragraphs which were deemed non - essential , and condensed others . I have also added considerable new matter , which is scattered throughout that portion of ...
... nearly all the matter which he had prepared ; still , I have omitted a few paragraphs which were deemed non - essential , and condensed others . I have also added considerable new matter , which is scattered throughout that portion of ...
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... nearly equal pro- portions of the carbonates of lime and magnesia . Some of the quarries of this stone , which have been opened in New York and Massachusetts , have given a different result ; the stone obtained from them being , in some ...
... nearly equal pro- portions of the carbonates of lime and magnesia . Some of the quarries of this stone , which have been opened in New York and Massachusetts , have given a different result ; the stone obtained from them being , in some ...
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... nearly the same combina- tions of lime , magnesia , and silica . Although not brought out in the analysis of the preceding stones , there is probably none in which the alkaline salts do not occur , and , in some , of sufficient amount ...
... nearly the same combina- tions of lime , magnesia , and silica . Although not brought out in the analysis of the preceding stones , there is probably none in which the alkaline salts do not occur , and , in some , of sufficient amount ...
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... nearly uniform temperature , the stone is apt to shiver , and choke the kiln , by stopping the voids be- tween the courses of stone which form the dome . After the stone is brought to a red heat , the supply of fuel should be uniform ...
... nearly uniform temperature , the stone is apt to shiver , and choke the kiln , by stopping the voids be- tween the courses of stone which form the dome . After the stone is brought to a red heat , the supply of fuel should be uniform ...
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... nearly uniform , the horizontal sections of the kiln should gradually decrease from the point where the flame rises , which is near the top of the dome of broken stone , to the top of the kiln . This contraction of the horizontal ...
... nearly uniform , the horizontal sections of the kiln should gradually decrease from the point where the flame rises , which is near the top of the dome of broken stone , to the top of the kiln . This contraction of the horizontal ...
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abutments action arch arranged artificial axis bars beam béton blocks bolts bottom breaking strain brick bridge caisson calcined carbonic carbonic acid cast iron centre chains chord clay common lime compression concrete connected construction cross curved cylinder deflection depth diagonal diameter durability embankment engineer experiments exterior feet flanch foundation fracture give hard heat Hodgkinson horizontal hot blast hydraulic cement hydraulic lime immersion joints kiln laid layer length limestones lower magnesia masonry mastic material ments metal mortar ordinary pieces piers pillars placed plates portion Portland cement pressure proportion puzzolana rails resistance ribs roadway Roman cement sand sheeting piles side slaked sleepers soffit soil solid span specific gravity spikes square inch steel strength structure struts suitable surface tensile tensile strength termed thickness timber tion transverse strain truss tube upper usually vertical voussoirs wall weight wire wrought iron yield
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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.