Michigan Engineers' Annual Containing the Proceedings of the Michigan Engineering Society, Volumes 46-48

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1928

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Page 26 - The sullen stream had no fear for him. But he turned when safe on the other side, And built a bridge to span the tide. " 'Old Man,' said a fellow pilgrim near 'You are wasting your strength with building here.
Page 26 - The builder lifted his old gray head — "Good friend, in the -path I have come." he said, "There followeth after me today, A youth whose feet must pass this way. This chasm that has been as naught to me. To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be: He, too, must cross in the twilight dim — Good friend, I am building this bridge for him!
Page 45 - Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Board shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term of such membership, subject to the provisions of section three hereof.
Page 29 - 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 37 - Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three— all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have.
Page 15 - C. compared with that of the same volume of distilled water at 4° C. All air should first be removed from the piece to be tested by boiling in distilled water. The specific gravity is also required for the test of porosity. Weight per cubic foot. — The weight of the dry stone per cubic foot is obtained by multiplying its specific gravity by the weight of a cubic foot of water, but from this there should be deducted " the weight of a quantity of stone of the same specific gravity equal in volume...
Page 21 - The objects of the Society shall be the advancement of the sciences of engineering and architecture in their several branches, the professional improvement of its members, the encouragement of intercourse between men of practical science, and the establishment of a central point of reference and union for its members.
Page 21 - Education hereby invites the respective governing boards of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Mining Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the American Chemical Society each to appoint two members to become delegates composing part of a Joint Committee on Engineering Education...
Page 16 - Experience has shown that the cost of the portion of the water works involved by fire protection service in this country generally constitutes from 60 to 80 per cent of the entire cost of the physical property in the case of communities having less than 10,000 population; 30 to 40 per cent in communities of about 50,000 population ; 20 to 30 per cent in communities of about 100,000 population; and 10 to 20 per cent in the case of our largest cities.
Page 26 - The builder lifted his old gray head: "Good friend, in the path I have come," he said, "There followeth after me today A youth, whose feet must pass this way. This chasm, that has been naught to me, 20 To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be. He, too, must cross in the twilight dim; Good friend, I am building the bridge for him.

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