The Location, Construction and Maintenance of RoadsD. Van Nostrand, 1918 - 226 pages |
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... slopes are not indicated they are made in accordance with the accompanying table . Guard rails are used when the vertical distance from the edge of the shoulder to the top of the ditch is more than 4 feet . Slopes Required by Wisconsin ...
... slopes are not indicated they are made in accordance with the accompanying table . Guard rails are used when the vertical distance from the edge of the shoulder to the top of the ditch is more than 4 feet . Slopes Required by Wisconsin ...
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... Slope Stoj SCenter referred to Lon Profis Ditch beyond tos of slope when ground slopes toward till Mo3 Section on Fills less than 4 feet above surrounding land Slope diccording to table . More than 40 azito 200 Center referred to Lon ...
... Slope Stoj SCenter referred to Lon Profis Ditch beyond tos of slope when ground slopes toward till Mo3 Section on Fills less than 4 feet above surrounding land Slope diccording to table . More than 40 azito 200 Center referred to Lon ...
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... slopes . Telephone poles and trees along the road require space , and provision for both is desirable . As a result of long experience in Massachusetts and California , reinforced by ob- servation in many other States , Austin B ...
... slopes . Telephone poles and trees along the road require space , and provision for both is desirable . As a result of long experience in Massachusetts and California , reinforced by ob- servation in many other States , Austin B ...
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... slope of 4 - inch rise to each foot of width of the roadway on all curves having radii of 300 feet or less . The transition from the standard crowned cross - sections to the uniform transverse slope stated is made in a distance of about ...
... slope of 4 - inch rise to each foot of width of the roadway on all curves having radii of 300 feet or less . The transition from the standard crowned cross - sections to the uniform transverse slope stated is made in a distance of about ...
Page 10
... slope . When a highway passes over a railroad the clear height over said railroad shall be not less than 21 feet and the approaches when on embankment shall be not less than 28 feet wide across the shoulders . 2. The alignment and grade ...
... slope . When a highway passes over a railroad the clear height over said railroad shall be not less than 21 feet and the approaches when on embankment shall be not less than 28 feet wide across the shoulders . 2. The alignment and grade ...
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Page 107 - The cement shall not develop initial set in less than 45 minutes when the Vicat needle is used or 60 minutes when the Gillmore needle is used. Final set shall be attained within 10 hours.
Page 108 - The cement shall be stored in such a manner as to permit easy access for proper inspection and identification of each shipment.
Page 117 - Mixtures of native or pyrogenous hydrocarbons and their non-metallic derivatives, which may be gases, liquids, viscous liquids, or solids, and which are soluble in carbon disulphide.
Page 107 - The specific gravity of cement shall not be less than 3.10. Should the test of cement as received fall below this requirement, a second test may be made upon a sample ignited at a low red heat. The loss in weight of the ignited cement shall not exceed 4 per cent.
Page 108 - The cement shall be delivered in suitable bags or barrels with the brand and name of the manufacturer plainly marked thereon, unless shipped in bulk. A bag shall contain 94 Ib. net. A barrel shall contain 376 Ib.
Page 107 - Portland cement is the product obtained by finely pulverizing clinker produced by calcining to incipient fusion an intimate and properly proportioned mixture of argillaceous and calcareous materials, with no additions subsequent to calcination excepting water and calcined or uncalcined gypsum.
Page 117 - ... the application of heat, and which consist of a mixture of hydrocarbons and their derivatives of complex structure, largely cyclic and bridge compounds.
Page 110 - Healdton grade for example, it exists in a form requiring special treatment for its elimination. Oils from the Gulf Field are characterized by relatively high percentages of asphalt and low percentages of the lighter gravity distillation products. Considerable sulphur is present, much of which, however, is in the form of sulphureted hydrogen, and is easily removed by steam before refining or utilizing the oil as fuel. Oils from Wyoming and Colorado are in the main of paraffin base, suitable for refining...
Page 108 - Packages varying more than 5 per cent from the specified weight may be rejected; and if the average weight of packages in any shipment, as shown by weighing 50 packages at random, is less than that specified, the entire shipment may be rejected.