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angles arch axis bars bending bending-moment blocks breadth brick building cast-iron ceiling cent centre of gravity chimney compute concrete construction Cosin Sine Cosin Cotang Tang cross-section cube cubic cubic foot deflection depth Diam diameter dimensions distance distributed load draw equal factor of safety fire fire-proof flange floor formula girder given horizontal I-beams inches thick inertia iron beams joint joist lathing length line of resistance LOADS IN TONS masonry material metal method moment of inertia mortar Multiply parallel pieces pier pine plank plaster plates porous terra-cotta Portland cement pounds per square pressure purlins radius rafter rivets rods roof rule safe load shearing shown in Fig side Sine Cosin Sine spruce square foot square inch stone strain strength strut surface tensile strength tests thrust tile timber truss vertical voussoirs wall Weight per foot width wire wooden wrought-iron Z-BAR
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Page 758 - ... the expense incurred by the Owner in finishing the work, such . excess shall be paid by the Owner to the Contractor ; but if such expense shall exceed such unpaid balance, the Contractor shall pay the difference to the Owner . The expense incurred by the Owner as herein provided, either for furnishing materIals or for finishing the work, and any damage incurred through such default, shall be audited and certified by the Architects, whose certificate thereof shall be conclusive upon the parties.
Page 758 - Should the Contractor at any time refuse or neglect to supply a sufficiency of properly skilled workmen, or of materials of the proper quality, or fail in any respect to prosecute the work wIth promptness and diligence, or fail in the performance of any of the agreements herein contained, such refusal, neglect or failure being certified by the Architects, the Owner shall be at liberty, after three days...
Page 758 - Owner shall be at liberty, after three days written notice to the Contractor , to provide any such labor or materials, and to deduct the cost thereof from any money then due or thereafter to become due to the Contractor under...
Page 29 - A Sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Page 116 - Force is that which changes, or tends to change, the state of rest or motion of the body acted upon.
Page 40 - A tenement house within the meaning of this article shall be taken to mean and include every house, building or portion thereof which is rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied or is occupied as the home or residence of more than three families living independently of one another and doing their cooking upon the premises; or by more than two families upon a floor so living and cooking, but having a common right in the halls, stairways, yards, water-closets or privies or some of them.
Page 17 - Square Measure 144 square inches = 1 square foot 9 square feet = 1 square yard...
Page 759 - If any lien remains unsatisfied after all payments are made, the Contractor shall refund to the Owner all moneys that the latter may be compelled to pay in discharging such a lien, including all costs and a reasonable attorney's fee.
Page 758 - IX. It is hereby mutually agreed between the parties hereto that the sum to be paid by the Owner to the Contractor for said work and materials shall be...
Page 151 - If any number of forces acting at a point can be represented in magnitude and direction by the sides of a POLYGON taken in order, they are in equilibrium.