A Treatise on Civil EngineeringJ. Wiley & Son, 1873 - 513 pages |
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... Solid - built Beams . 265 541-547 . 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 ...
... Solid - built Beams . 265 541-547 . 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 ...
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... solid components of structures , as Stone , Brick , Wood , and the Metals . 2d . The cements in general , as Mortar , Mastics , Glue , etc. , which are used to unite the more solid parts . 3d . The various mixtures and chemical ...
... solid components of structures , as Stone , Brick , Wood , and the Metals . 2d . The cements in general , as Mortar , Mastics , Glue , etc. , which are used to unite the more solid parts . 3d . The various mixtures and chemical ...
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... solid and durable charac- They are extensively quarried in most of the New England States , in New York , and in some of the other States intersected by the great range of primitive rocks , where the quarries lie contiguous to tidewater ...
... solid and durable charac- They are extensively quarried in most of the New England States , in New York , and in some of the other States intersected by the great range of primitive rocks , where the quarries lie contiguous to tidewater ...
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... solid masonry of the kiln , which is built up on the exterior like a square tower , with two arched entrances at B , B on opposite sides . C , interior of the kiln , lined with fire - brick or stone . D , ash - pit . · c , c , openings ...
... solid masonry of the kiln , which is built up on the exterior like a square tower , with two arched entrances at B , B on opposite sides . C , interior of the kiln , lined with fire - brick or stone . D , ash - pit . · c , c , openings ...
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... solid masonry of the kiln . B , arched entrance . C , doorway for drawing kiln and supplying fuel . D , interior of kiln . E , dome of broken stone , shown by the dotted line . E ס B largest blocks of the broken stone , which either ...
... solid masonry of the kiln . B , arched entrance . C , doorway for drawing kiln and supplying fuel . D , interior of kiln . E , dome of broken stone , shown by the dotted line . E ס B largest blocks of the broken stone , which either ...
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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.