The Technical World Magazine, Volume 16Technical World Company, 1911 |
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Page 183
... pounds to the cubic foot . As salt water weighs but sixty - four pounds to the cubic foot the cylinders had to withstand a pressure of 1,184 pounds to the square foot before the dam was pumped out ; the interlocking joints had to ...
... pounds to the cubic foot . As salt water weighs but sixty - four pounds to the cubic foot the cylinders had to withstand a pressure of 1,184 pounds to the square foot before the dam was pumped out ; the interlocking joints had to ...
Page 508
... pounds for each foot the foundation is below the water level . Thus at the fifty foot depth such upward pressure would be 3.125 pounds per square foot . The weight of the dam , which enables it to resist the horizontal pressure of the ...
... pounds for each foot the foundation is below the water level . Thus at the fifty foot depth such upward pressure would be 3.125 pounds per square foot . The weight of the dam , which enables it to resist the horizontal pressure of the ...
Page 510
... pounds per square foot for every foot in depth of the water behind it . At one foot from the surface the water exerts a pressure of 62.5 pounds against the dam ; at ten feet the pressure is 625 pounds ; at the bottom of a dam 100 feet ...
... pounds per square foot for every foot in depth of the water behind it . At one foot from the surface the water exerts a pressure of 62.5 pounds against the dam ; at ten feet the pressure is 625 pounds ; at the bottom of a dam 100 feet ...
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professional money lender is helpless to escape and how tragedy not infrequently follows the borrowing | 159 |
Making Charity | 251 |
made real financial successes alone in the cultivation of land and she points out some new ways | 299 |
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