 | William John Macquorn Rankine - Civil engineering - 1863 - 810 pages
...generally rectangular, and built in courses of an uniform depth, which is seldom less than a foot. In order that the stones may not be liable to be broken across,; 110 stone of a soft material, such as the weaker kinds of sandstoijt and granular limestone, should... | |
 | William John Macquorn Rankine - Civil engineering - 1867 - 858 pages
...gcuerally rectangular, and built iu courses of an uniform depth, which is seldom less than a foot. In order that the stones may not be liable to be broken across, no stone of a soft material, such us the weaker kinds of sandstone and granular limestone, should have a length greater than 3 times... | |
 | Percy Gaillemard L. Smith - 1875 - 264 pages
...regulated according to the facilities that are available for moving and setting them. Rule for the proportion of stones. — "In order that the stones...sandstone, and granular limestone, should have a length greatlr than 3 times its depth. In harder materials, the length may be 4 or 5 times the depth. The... | |
 | J. E. Shields - Engineering - 1877 - 172 pages
...generally rectangular, and built in courses of an uniform depth, which is seldom less than a foot. In order that the stones may not be liable to be broken...stone of a soft material, such as the weaker kinds of sand stone and granular lime stone, should have a length greater than three times its depth; • in... | |
 | Park Benjamin - Mechanical engineering - 1884 - 1008 pages
...facilities that are available for moving and setting them. The following is Rankine's rule for the proportion of stones : " In order that the stones...kinds of sandstone and granular limestone, should havp a length greater than 3 times its depth. In harder materials the length may be 4 or B times the... | |
 | Ira Osborn Baker - Masonry - 1889 - 592 pages
...dressing, and upon the bond. In order that the stones may not be liable to be broken across, no soft stone, such as the weaker kinds of sandstone and granular...should have a length greater than 3 times its depth; but in harder materials, the length may bo -i or 5 times the depth. The breadth in soft materials may... | |
 | Ira Osborn Baker - Masonry - 1889 - 606 pages
...dressing, and upon the bond. In order that the stones may not be liable to be broken across, no soft stone, such as the weaker kinds of sandstone and granular...should have a length greater than 3 times its depth; but in harder materials, the length may be 4 or 5 times the depth. The breadth in soft materials may... | |
 | Ira Osborn Baker - Masonry - 1889 - 588 pages
...depends upon the size of the blocks in each course, upon the accuracy of the dressing, and upon the bond. In order that the stones may not be liable to be broken across, no soft stone, such as the weaker kinds of sandstone and granular limestone, should have a length greater... | |
 | Ira Osborn Baker - Masonry - 1889 - 592 pages
...depends upon the size of the blocks in each course, upon the accuracy of the dressing, and upon the bond. In order that the stones may not be liable to be broken across, no soft stone, such as the weaker kinds of sandstone and granular limestone, should have a length greater... | |
 | Austin Thomas Byrne - Building - 1898 - 574 pages
...rectangular, and built in courses of uniform height 01 rise, which is seldom less than n foot. SIZE OF THE STONES. —In order that the stones may not be liable...material, such as the weaker kinds of sandstone and granulur limestone, should have a length greater than 3 times its depth or rise; in harder materials... | |
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Stones. In order that the stones may not be liable to be broken across, no stone of a soft material, such as the weaker kinds of sandstone and granular limestone, should have a length greater than 3 times its depth or rise; in harder materials the length... 
