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... secured on the outside either by strips of wood let into the masonry , or by iron curbs . The lining of the kiln is of the best fire - brick . The kiln , for burning , is filled with alternate layers of coal and stone , those of the ...
... secured on the outside either by strips of wood let into the masonry , or by iron curbs . The lining of the kiln is of the best fire - brick . The kiln , for burning , is filled with alternate layers of coal and stone , those of the ...
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... secured in a vertical position , the concrete is filled in on each side between the sides of the boxing . When the layer is finished the core is drawn up . For further applications of Coignet Béton , see Prof. Bar- 186 CIVIL ENGINEERING .
... secured in a vertical position , the concrete is filled in on each side between the sides of the boxing . When the layer is finished the core is drawn up . For further applications of Coignet Béton , see Prof. Bar- 186 CIVIL ENGINEERING .
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... secured by confining it laterally by means of sheeting piles , or in any other way that will offer sufficient security . 424. Foundations on Sand . - In laying foundations on firm sand , a further precaution is sometimes resorted to ...
... secured by confining it laterally by means of sheeting piles , or in any other way that will offer sufficient security . 424. Foundations on Sand . - In laying foundations on firm sand , a further precaution is sometimes resorted to ...
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... secured by attaining a firm sub- soil , it will be better to drive them around the area at some distance from the bed , and , as a further precaution , to place horizontal buttresses of masonry at regular intervals from the bed to the ...
... secured by attaining a firm sub- soil , it will be better to drive them around the area at some distance from the bed , and , as a further precaution , to place horizontal buttresses of masonry at regular intervals from the bed to the ...
Page 213
... foothold given by the bolts and the mooring - tackle , the caisson , when sunk , was solidly secured against accidents. Fig . 49. Plan of caisson . A , A , sides of caisson . Fig . 58. - Plan . FOUNDATIONS OF STRUCTURES . 213 50 51.
... foothold given by the bolts and the mooring - tackle , the caisson , when sunk , was solidly secured against accidents. Fig . 49. Plan of caisson . A , A , sides of caisson . Fig . 58. - Plan . FOUNDATIONS OF STRUCTURES . 213 50 51.
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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.