A Treatise on Civil EngineeringJ. Wiley & Son, 1873 - 513 pages |
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... serves as a guide in the construction of all future similar works . Thus the expe- rience of one may become the wisdom of many . Before his untimely death , Professor Mahan had prepared a thorough revision of this work , and about one.
... serves as a guide in the construction of all future similar works . Thus the expe- rience of one may become the wisdom of many . Before his untimely death , Professor Mahan had prepared a thorough revision of this work , and about one.
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... 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 the work which I have had in charge ...
... 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 the work which I have had in charge ...
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... preparing marble , it is mostly restricted in its uses to ornamental purposes . The marbles present great variety , both in color and appearance , and have generally received some appropriate name descriptive of these acci- dents . 23 ...
... preparing marble , it is mostly restricted in its uses to ornamental purposes . The marbles present great variety , both in color and appearance , and have generally received some appropriate name descriptive of these acci- dents . 23 ...
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... 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 into moulds to form the cast , in which it ...
... 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 into moulds to form the cast , in which it ...
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... prepared , placed over a fire , and brought to the boiling point . The stone , sus- pended from a string , is immersed in the boiling liquid , and kept there during thirty minutes ; it is then carefully with- drawn ; the liquid is ...
... prepared , placed over a fire , and brought to the boiling point . The stone , sus- pended from a string , is immersed in the boiling liquid , and kept there during thirty minutes ; it is then carefully with- drawn ; the liquid is ...
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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.