International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons Engaged in the Engineering Professions and Trades, Volume 30International Textbook Company, 1903 - Agriculture |
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Page 46 - If, in place of a continuous foundation wall, isolated piers are to be built to support the superstructure, where the nature of the ground and the character of the building make it necessary...
Page 32 - Foundations shall be proportioned to the actual average loads they will have to carry in the completed and occupied building.
Page 66 - Hawkshaw, the cement of the country was used in the proportion of 1 part of cement, 2 parts of sand, and 3 parts of broken stone.
Page 112 - In all brick walls every sixth course shall be a heading course, except where walls are faced with brick in running bond, in which latter case, every sixth course shall be bonded into the backing by cutting the course of the face brick and putting in diagonal headers behind the same, or by splitting the face brick in half and backing the same with a continuous row of headers.
Page 97 - ... feet, or to the nearest tier of beams to that height, and from thence not less than twelve inches thick to the top.
Page 59 - When areas are covered over, iron, or iron and glass combined, stone or other incombustible materials shall be used, and sufficient strength in such covering shall be provided to insure safety to persons walking on the same, and to carry the loads which may be placed thereon. Open areas shall be properly protected with suitable railings.
Page 17 - The color is a dull red, and while the wood resembles pine and is used generally in the West for the same purposes as pine is in the East, it is inferior to pine on account of its peculiarity of shrinking lengthwise as well as crosswise. It is used largely for railroad ties, fence posts, telegraph poles, and other purposes where durability under exposure is required. As an interior finishing material it is highly prized, as it takes a high polish, and its color improves with age.
Page 96 - ... feet or to the nearest tier of beams to that height, thence not less than twenty inches thick to the height of...
Page 106 - To obtain the best results in bonding throughout the mass of the wall, strict attention must be given to the location of every joint in the brickwork. On the faces of the wall, the vertical joints in each course throughout the height should be kept perpendicular, or directly over those in the second course below. This is called keeping the perpends.
Page 12 - ... the 4-inch dome, and g, the manhole. 18 or 20 inches in diameter. This manhole should be covered with an iron grating. The main drain should enter the cesspool just above the water line. The outlet pipe should have a quarter bend cemented in where it runs out of the cesspool, and should be laid at a very gentle pitch, with branches as indicated in Fig. 3. This pipe should be made of vitrified earthenware, laid with the hubs towards the upper end, and having a Y inserted alternately with the straight...