Excavating, Shoring, and Piling: Footings and Foundations; Areas, Vaults, and Retaining Walls; Cements; Concrete Construction; Stone Masonry; Stone Arches; Carpentry; Mechanics of Carpentry; Joinery; Steel SquareInternational Textbook Company, 1909 - Building |
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Page 5 - By a Portland cement is meant the product obtained from the heating or calcining up to incipient fusion of intimate mixtures, either natural or artificial, of argillaceous with calcareous substances, the calcined product to contain at least 1.7 times as much of lime, by weight, as of the materials which give the lime its hydraulic properties, and to be finely pulverized after said calcination, and thereafter additions or substitutions for the purpose only of regulating certain properties of technical...
Page 28 - A Polygon of three sides is called a triangle ; one of four sides, a quadrilateral; one of five sides, a pentagon; one of six sides, a hexagon; one of seven sides, a heptagon; one of eight sides, an octagon ; one of ten sides, a decagon ; one of twelve sides, a dodecagon, &c.
Page 4 - ... parts of sand, and must be thoroughly mixed, as -will be shown by the evenness of color and smoothness. To be of good quality, the lime should be free from cinders and clinkers, in hard lumps with little dust. It should slake actively and entirely, making a fine soft paste with no residue...
Page 7 - ... steel beams, shall be built to retain the roadway of the street, and the side, end or party walls of such building shall extend under the sidewalk of sufficient thickness, to such wall. The roofs of all vaults shall be of incombustible material.
Page 37 - If built of brick, they shall be at least 4 inches thicker than the wall next above them to a depth of 12 feet below the curb level; and for every additional...
Page 7 - ... shall be built to retain the roadway of the street, and the side, end or party walls of such building shall extend under the sidewalk, of sufficient thickness to such wall. The roofs of all vaults shall be of incombustible material. Openings in the roofs of vaults for the admission of coal or light, or for manholes, or for, any other...
Page 7 - ... having a rough surface, and rabbeted flush with the sidewalk. When any such cover is placed in any sidewalk, it shall be placed as near as practicable to the outside line of the curb. All vaults shall be thoroughly ventilated.
Page 8 - When areas are covered over, iron, or iron and glass combined, stone or other incombustible materials shall be used, and supported on brick or stone walls, or on iron or steel beams.
Page 4 - ... or octagon stick of timber from a square one. Suppose the figure ABCD (see Fig. 9) is the butt of a square stick of timber 6x6 inches. Through the center draw the lines AB and CD parallel with the sides and at right angles to each other. With...
Page 7 - The results prove conclusively (1) that bled timber is as strong as unbled if of the same weight; (2) that the weight and shrinkage of the wood is not affected by bleeding; (3) that bled trees contain practically neither more nor less resin...