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... directions for regulat- ing the relative dimensions of the parts of the kiln . greatest horizontal section of the kiln is placed rather below the top of broken stone ; the diameter of this section being 1.82 , the diameter of the grate ...
... directions for regulat- ing the relative dimensions of the parts of the kiln . greatest horizontal section of the kiln is placed rather below the top of broken stone ; the diameter of this section being 1.82 , the diameter of the grate ...
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... direction . In the selection of the lumps great care and experience are required on the part of the kiln attendants , in order to obtain a product of uniform quality , as admixtures of stones varying in any important degree in their ...
... direction . In the selection of the lumps great care and experience are required on the part of the kiln attendants , in order to obtain a product of uniform quality , as admixtures of stones varying in any important degree in their ...
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... direction . This machine may be described as follows : K Fig . 15 . B m 100 B B K R ' H A is the frame of the machine , having at the upper end the cross - pieces B , upon which are mounted the gearings , and at the lower part the cross ...
... direction . This machine may be described as follows : K Fig . 15 . B m 100 B B K R ' H A is the frame of the machine , having at the upper end the cross - pieces B , upon which are mounted the gearings , and at the lower part the cross ...
Page 106
... direction in which the con- traction or elongation takes place , or by one acting trans- versely , so as to bend the body . Experiments have been made to ascertain , directly , the proportion between the amount of contraction or ...
... direction in which the con- traction or elongation takes place , or by one acting trans- versely , so as to bend the body . Experiments have been made to ascertain , directly , the proportion between the amount of contraction or ...
Page 107
... the base , the resistance decreased with the height . In the two first cases the solids were found to yield either by the upper portion sliding off upon the lower , in the direction of a plane STRENGTH OF MATERIALS . 107.
... the base , the resistance decreased with the height . In the two first cases the solids were found to yield either by the upper portion sliding off upon the lower , in the direction of a plane STRENGTH OF MATERIALS . 107.
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Page 136 - ... elasticity ; and judging from its slow increase afterwards, I was persuaded that it had not come on by a sudden change, but had existed, though in a less degree, from a very early period.
Page 419 - ... long. The fascines are laid in alternate layers crosswise and lengthwise, and the layers are either connected by pickets, or else the withes, with which the fascines are bound, are cut to allow the brushwood to form a uniform and compact bed. This method of securing a good bed for structures on a weak wet soil has been long practised in Holland, and experience has fully tested its excellence.
Page 175 - For the coping and top courses of a wall, the same objections do not apply to excess in length : but this excess may, on the contrary, prove favorable ; because the number of top joints being thus diminished, the mass beneath the coping will be better protected, being exposed only at the joints, which cannot be made water-tight, owing to the mortar being crushed by the expansion of the blocks in warm weather, and, when they contract, being washed out by the rain.