A Treatise on Civil EngineeringJ. Wiley & Son, 1873 - 513 pages |
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... termed pudding stone , which is composed of rounded pebbles embedded in compact limestone ; the other termed breccia , consisting of angular fragments united in a similar manner . The colors of these marbles are generally variegated ...
... termed pudding stone , which is composed of rounded pebbles embedded in compact limestone ; the other termed breccia , consisting of angular fragments united in a similar manner . The colors of these marbles are generally variegated ...
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... of the strata are ex- posed , than in the contrary position . 37. EFFECTS OF HEAT . - Stones which resist a high degree of heat without fusing are used for lining furnaces , and are termed fire - stones . A good fire BUILDING MATERIALS .
... of the strata are ex- posed , than in the contrary position . 37. EFFECTS OF HEAT . - Stones which resist a high degree of heat without fusing are used for lining furnaces , and are termed fire - stones . A good fire BUILDING MATERIALS .
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... pierced , at inter- vals of three or four feet , with holes , five inches in diameter , termed feed - holes , through which fuel is supplied to the fires . They are in number about three hundred , each closed LIME - KILNS . 35.
... pierced , at inter- vals of three or four feet , with holes , five inches in diameter , termed feed - holes , through which fuel is supplied to the fires . They are in number about three hundred , each closed LIME - KILNS . 35.
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... termed slaking . By the second the calcined stone is first broken into small lumps ; these are then ground in a mill to the requisite degree of fineness , ascertained by the sieves through which the ground product must pass . 79 ...
... termed slaking . By the second the calcined stone is first broken into small lumps ; these are then ground in a mill to the requisite degree of fineness , ascertained by the sieves through which the ground product must pass . 79 ...
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... termed Trass , manufactured in Holland , by grinding to a fine powder a volcanic stone obtained near Andernach , on the Rhine . Experiments by several eminent chemists have extended the list of natural substances which , when properly ...
... termed Trass , manufactured in Holland , by grinding to a fine powder a volcanic stone obtained near Andernach , on the Rhine . Experiments by several eminent chemists have extended the list of natural substances which , when properly ...
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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.