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... ENGINEERING AT WEST POINT , N. Y. REVISED AND EDITED , WITH ADDITIONS AND NEW PLATES , BY DE VOLSON WOOD , PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS IN STEVENS ' INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ( FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING IN THE ...
... ENGINEERING AT WEST POINT , N. Y. REVISED AND EDITED , WITH ADDITIONS AND NEW PLATES , BY DE VOLSON WOOD , PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS IN STEVENS ' INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ( FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING IN THE ...
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... Engineering ap- peared when engineering as a learned profession was scarcely recognized in this country , and when but a very ... engineer . This determined the essential characteristic of his work , which is descriptive . More recently ...
... Engineering ap- peared when engineering as a learned profession was scarcely recognized in this country , and when but a very ... engineer . This determined the essential characteristic of his work , which is descriptive . More recently ...
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... Engineering . An engineer , to be enabled to make a judicious selection of materials , and to apply them so that the ends of sound economy and skilful workmanship shall be equally sub- served , must know : - 1st . Their ordinary ...
... Engineering . An engineer , to be enabled to make a judicious selection of materials , and to apply them so that the ends of sound economy and skilful workmanship shall be equally sub- served , must know : - 1st . Their ordinary ...
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... the various purposes of the engineer and architect . 6. Sienite , Porphyry , and Green - stone , from the abun- dance of feldspar which they contain , are often designated 4 CIVIL ENGINEERING . 3-16 Silicious Stones STONE.
... the various purposes of the engineer and architect . 6. Sienite , Porphyry , and Green - stone , from the abun- dance of feldspar which they contain , are often designated 4 CIVIL ENGINEERING . 3-16 Silicious Stones STONE.
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... engineers . A not less valuable addition to our building materials has been made by Prof. W. B. Rogers , who , a few years since , direct- ed the attention of engineers to the dolomites , for their good hydraulic properties . From ...
... engineers . A not less valuable addition to our building materials has been made by Prof. W. B. Rogers , who , a few years since , direct- ed the attention of engineers to the dolomites , for their good hydraulic properties . From ...
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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.