A Manual of Civil Engineering

Charles Griffin, 1883 - Civil engineering - 808 pages

Surveying Levelling Settingout	2

Methods in Surveying	8

Offsets	21

OF SURVEYING BY ANGULAR MEASUREMENTS See also p 128	36

Of Distributed Forcescont	60

Use of the SextantReduction	76

Structure of the SpiritLevel	82

Level FieldBook	89

Stripping the Soil	335

OF MASONRY	349

Stones Classed	355

ConcreteBeton see also p 436	373

Manufacture of Bricks	393

Pressure of Water Head	443

OF THE COLLECTION CONVEYANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF WATER	468

Artificial Water	474

Compound Internal Stress	108

Nickingout	110

OF MARINE SURVEYING FOR ENGINEERING PURPOSES	117

80	124

OF COPYING Enlarging anD REDUCING PLANS	125

OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES	131

Resultant of any number of	140

Strain Stress Strength Work	142

Of Distributed Forces	150

Page	152

Examples of Weights Centres	156

Pressure and Balance of Fluids	164

Triangular Frames	177

Balance of a Chain or Cord	185

Chain under Uniform Vertical	191

Centre of Gravity of a Flexible	199

Distorted Elliptic Rib	206

Of the Strength of Mate	221

Examples of the Action of	244

Examples of Moments of	253

Modulus of Rupture of Cast	261

Summary of the Process of	276

A To Deduce the Greatest Stress	296

Page	314

OF EARTHWORK	315

Mensuration of Earth	324

Moveable Bridges over Rivers	511

Other Artificial Stones	524

Tunnels in Dry Fissured Rock	596

Tunnels in General	602

OF COMBINED STRUCTURES	619

623	641

Curves	648

Laying Out and Formation	656

GENERAL EXPLANATIONS	658

A Concrete Pavements	664

CrossSections	667

Greatest and Least Velocities	673

Contraction of Stream from Ori	679

Wooden Pavements	680

Discharge and Dimensions	686

Of the Measurement	692

Ordinary Flow and Floods	698

Tidal Drainage see also p 741	728

Reservoirs	738

The WaterLevel	750

OF TIDAL AND COAST WORKS	753

Of SeaDefences	764

II III IV Strength of Materials	772

Dams or Reservoir Walls	780

367	799

Title	A Manual of Civil Engineering
Author	William John Macquorn Rankine
Edition	14
Publisher	Charles Griffin, 1883
Original from	the University of California
Digitized	23 Oct 2012
Length	808 pages

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