Bulletin - American Railway Engineering Association, Volume 18, Issues 188-195American Railway Engineering Association., 1916 - Railroad engineering Vols. for 19 - include the directory issue of the American Railway Engineering Association. |
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Page 152 - Service, at salaries ranging from $2,000 to $2,500 a year, and vacancies as they may occur in positions requiring similar qualifications, unless it is found to be in the interest of the service to fill any vacancy by reinstatement, transfer, or promotion.
Page 74 - An act to regulate commerce," approved February 4, 1887, and all acts amendatory thereof, by providing for a valuation of the several classes of property of carriers subject thereto and securing information concerning, their stocks, bonds, and other securities,' approved March 1, 1913, shall not apply to Porto Rico.
Page 892 - Pats of neat cement about three inches in diameter, one-half inch thick at the center, and tapering to a thin edge, shall be kept in moist air for a period of twenty-four hours.
Page 415 - In 1909 the subject was taken into consideration by the Committee on Iron and Steel Structures, of the American Railway Engineering Association, and their report is found in Vol. 11, Part 1, page 147. Additional theoretical discussions on this same subject are as follows : "The American Engineer,
Page 892 - The consistency of standard mortar shall depend on the amount of water required to produce a paste of normal consistency from the same sample of cement. Having determined the normal consistency of the sample, the consistency of standard mortar made from the same sample shall be as indicated in Table I, the values being in percentage of the combined dry weights of the cement and standard sand. TABLE I— PERCENTAGE OF WATER FOR STANDARD MORTARS XII. DETERMINATION OF SOUNDNESS* 42.
Page 899 - The minimum requirements for tensile strength for briquettes one square inch in cross section shall be as follows and the cement shall show no retrogression in strength within the periods specified.
Page 888 - Wire cloth for standard sieves for cement shall be woven (not twilled) from brass, bronze, or other suitable wire, and mounted without distortion on frames not less than 1^ in.
Page 895 - Care should be taken to keep the needle clean, as the collection of cement on the sides of the needle retards the penetration, while cement on the point...
Page 892 - J^-in. thick at the center, and tapering to a thin edge, shall be made on clean glass plates about 4 in. square, and stored in moist air for 24 hours. In molding the pat, the cement paste shall first be flattened on the...
Page 887 - This apparatus is standardized by the United States Bureau of Standards. Kerosene free from water, or benzine not lighter than 62° Baume, shall be used in making this determination.