The Technical World Magazine, Volume 4Technical World Company, 1906 |
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Page 81
... irons , and is enabled to di- rect its course to the exact location which it is desired to have it occupy in the raft . The ... iron . The building cradle - and , by the way , it represents the heaviest initial invest- ment of the raft ...
... irons , and is enabled to di- rect its course to the exact location which it is desired to have it occupy in the raft . The ... iron . The building cradle - and , by the way , it represents the heaviest initial invest- ment of the raft ...
Page 83
... iron chain , and contained 600,000 linear feet of pil- ing , equivalent to 8,000,000 feet of lum- ber , board measure . And now it is an- nounced that the raft which is to be sent to the Orient will contain no less than ten million feet ...
... iron chain , and contained 600,000 linear feet of pil- ing , equivalent to 8,000,000 feet of lum- ber , board measure . And now it is an- nounced that the raft which is to be sent to the Orient will contain no less than ten million feet ...
Page 100
... Iron trusses are secured to the pipes , and re- ceive the weight of the roadway . The bridge was built about 1860 , and was designed by General M. C. Meigs , at that time Chief Engineer and Con- structor of the Washington aqueduct . It ...
... Iron trusses are secured to the pipes , and re- ceive the weight of the roadway . The bridge was built about 1860 , and was designed by General M. C. Meigs , at that time Chief Engineer and Con- structor of the Washington aqueduct . It ...
Page 101
... iron , because it was probable - so stated the advocates of the improvement - that continual jarring of the bridge would weaken the mains and cause leaks to oc- cur . This also was opposed by General Meigs , however ; and , as far as it ...
... iron , because it was probable - so stated the advocates of the improvement - that continual jarring of the bridge would weaken the mains and cause leaks to oc- cur . This also was opposed by General Meigs , however ; and , as far as it ...
Page 104
... iron in its va- rious forms - cast iron , wrought iron , and steel - is the most abundant and of the greatest utility . On account of its strength , hard- ness , and elasticity , it has an almost end- less variety of uses . Iron is ...
... iron in its va- rious forms - cast iron , wrought iron , and steel - is the most abundant and of the greatest utility . On account of its strength , hard- ness , and elasticity , it has an almost end- less variety of uses . Iron is ...
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