INDEX Abbreviations used in engineering work, 509-514 Aberthaw Construction Co., 283 Agreement forms. See Contract forms. Air compressor, quotation reminder, 140 reminder, 152 Air pump, quotation reminder, for evapo- for steam engine service, 141 or "relative" index, 419, 438 with number extension, 414 Alternate proposals, clause in specifica- tions, 91, 92, 95, 100 Alternating-current machinery. See Amberg File & Index Co., 434, 436 Chemical Society, Journal of, 296 American Locomotive Co., 395, 464 Public Health Association, 305 340 Soc. for Testing Materials, 296, 310, 311, 312 Soc. of Civil Engineers, 302, 340 81 Anchor-bolts, design of, 56, 59, 65, 74 Anchor's, mason's, carpenters', etc.; Aphorisms, engineering office, 86 Arnold's "Complete Cost Keeper," 238 Asbestos cement, etc., pipe covering; Augers, for foundation testing, 2, 3-7 improved methods, 5 Automatic index, "Library Bureau" for "Backers" for specifications, 91 Bainbridge, F. H., 15 Baldwin Locomotive Works, 511, 512 Bars, reinforcing, for concrete construc- estimate reminder for, 257 weights of, 255 Beams and channels (steel) ordering, 195 Belting, canvas; style, thickness, etc., 186 leather; construction, properties, etc., outline of specification for, 128 Belts, design of, for transmission, 69 Bids, comparing, form for, 220 conditions of, in specifications, 90 Bill of lading, domestic; definition, and export, 349, 364 "memorandum" copy, 333 of special form, 334 "shipping order" copy, 333 "straight" and "order," difference 331 Bills of material, 480, 492 Blowers, hand and position, table of, 160 blackspotting, 499 by Vandyke process, 500 indexing, filing and recording. See obtaining receipt for, 485 variables from an original tracing, order form for, 484 schedule for filing, indexing and Board, display, for progress charts, 394 Boiler plates, inspecting and testing, 311 supports, quotation reminder, 135 defects in, by percentages discovered, fire-tube; styles, 134 hor. tubular, vert. tubular, loco; heating surface of, rule for measure- horse-power of, methods of stating, new and second hand, inspection of, ordering dished heads for, 197 return-tubular; design of, 74 outline of specification for, 106 Boilers, water-tube; quotation reminder, Bolt cutting machines; sizes and capaci- Books, bound; for indexing, filing and Booms, ships'; capacities of, 375, 376, Boring mills (vertical); nominal sizes, and Borings, foundation test; diamond drill for bridge foundations, 15 scow for use on rivers, 18 Boulders, removing in sub-surface pros- Bound books for indexing, filing and Bracing rods, weights of details, 256 Brass sheet, bar, wire and tubing; Breckenridge, L. P., 416, 419 Bridge foundations, borings for, 15, 32 concrete, progress chart for con- cost of; relation of sub- and super- estimate reminders for; Deck plate- steel railroad trestle, 272 through plate-girder span, 271 old steel, investigation of strength, old, wood and steel, inspection of, 327 plate girder; checking details, 85 Bridges, railroad, obtaining design and estimate on, 30 reinforced concrete, obtaining design steel, outline for design (reference), Brokers, custom house, 351 Buch, Fred, 479, 483 Building foundations. See Foundations stone, obtaining sample for testing, Buildings, steel frame; mill, design, out- estimate reminder for, 263 information sheet for export quo- specification outline for, 103 office, design, outline for, 57 estimate reminder for, 257 Manufactures, U. S. Dept. of Com- merce and Labor, 368, 373 Cableway, material, quotation reminder, 193 obtaining design and estimate on, Calculations. See Computations. Canvas belting. See Belting. Card index, appliances, 421 comparative utility of, 420 methods for drawings, 461, 469, 471, indexing and recording, 420 pattern records, 487 Carload and less carload rules, 336, 338, 339 Carloads, complete; advantages in ship- Carpenter and Diederichs' "Experimental Car wheels. See Wheels. Casing, in earth drilling, 2, 3, 5-7, 9 for over-run in weight, 249 card indexes for, 494, 498 small engineering office, system for, topical index for filing, 495 Ceiling, hung, weight of, 256 "Cement Testing, Manual of," Richards Centrifugal pumps. See Pumps, centri- Certificates of origin, 349, 369, 372 370 Chain drive material; quotation reminder, Chain drives (Link-belt), design of, 70 Charts, progress. See Progress charts. invoices and shipping lists, 225 shipping lists, export, 358 Chicago, Civil Service Commission of, Chimney. See Smokestacks. Civil engineering, abbreviations used in, 513 "Class and sheet number" system for rates, in domestic shipping, 337, Classifications, freight, in domestic ship- Clearance diagrams, railroad, 340-342 Clennell's "Cyanide Handbook, " 295, 296 Climate, conditions to be reported, 43, 44 Clock charts, for illustrating percentages, Coal, adjustment of price to weight by sampling for analysis, 296 storing and handling plant; obtaining details, steel; checking, 84 Comparing bids or quotations, 220, 224 schedule for filing and indexing, 408 bridge construction, progress chart forms, finish on lumber, 210 metal. See Reinforcing metal. water, obtaining information on, 53 Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers, 515 "Consecutive number" system of num- Construction company, scheduling and summary of work, 286 Consular invoices, 369, 370 regulations of foreign countries, 368 forms, architects' standard, 520, 521 for structural-steel erector, 522 Contracts, "subject" and "client" index Conveying and elevating machinery, inspecting, 322 Conveyors, belt, slat or scraper; design of, 71 quotation reminder, 184 packing for export shipment, 378 quotation reminder, 183 tower, quotation reminder, 144 340 Copper sheet, bar, wire, and tubing; Core drilling with diamond drills, 2, 12, 16 filing, systems and appliances, 428- incoming and outgoing letters, 431 See, also, Letter writing. 389 steel roofing and siding, specifica- Cost chart, combined progress and, for data filing and indexing, schedule for, 407 for construction estimating, 284 Cost Keeping and estimating (Chapter VI), 228-291 construction, 273–291 classification of costs, 273 labor, time and cost records, 277- outline of a system of, 276 progress charts in, 280 jobbing shop, system for, 240-248 shops, formula for, 239 general remarks, 235 See, also, Estimating. "Cost Keeping and Management Engi- "Cost Keeping and Scientific Manage- Costs, construction, 273-291 classification of, 273 elaboration of expense items, 274 reports, daily and weekly, 277 direct cost records, 242, 244 indirect cost records, 243 percentages, typical, 239 Covering, heat insulating; outline of Crane, locomotive; quotation reminder, 169 "Crane," thumb-index for, 501 electric, design of, 76 dimension sheet for, 166 hand-power, dimension sheet for, inspection of, 324 Cranes, hand-power; quotation reminder, 164 packing for export shipment, 375, 383 in correspondence filing, 434, 436, See also, Catalogue filing, Pattern Crusher, rock; types, quotation re- Crystallizers, export shipment of, 384 "Cubic ton" in export shipping, 356, Cupola, foundry, description and cut, 171 firebrick for, 206 quotation reminder, 170 Curves for portable track, 188 Customs duties, of foreign countries, 369, officer's inspection, hole in packing "Cyanide Handbook," Clennell, 295, 296 Dam sites, examination of, 2, 40 geological displacement at, 2 Dams, foundation-testing for, 2 Dating stamps, 506, 507 Decimal system of indexing; Dewey, 416- Dewey extended, 419 extension to numerical system, 415 449 Deep well pumps, quotation reminder, Deliveries, partial, keeping record of, 225 company, 398 |