Journal of the Western Society of Engineers, Volume 1, Part 4Western Society of Engineers, 1896 - Engineering |
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Page 442
... brick pier , carrying this up to the required height , without any shield . We used in the con- struction of those piers eight hundred tons of steel , and to bring the tops of piers to a level of a cellar floor , over two million brick ...
... brick pier , carrying this up to the required height , without any shield . We used in the con- struction of those piers eight hundred tons of steel , and to bring the tops of piers to a level of a cellar floor , over two million brick ...
Page 453
... brick , set in Portland cement mortar . Specifications read something like this : There is seventeen feet of water at low tide ; the cylinder must be dredged down about five feet through soft mud and gravel to hard pan ; then put in ...
... brick , set in Portland cement mortar . Specifications read something like this : There is seventeen feet of water at low tide ; the cylinder must be dredged down about five feet through soft mud and gravel to hard pan ; then put in ...
Page 482
... brick - arched furnaces . Thus far the use of small coal with the automatic stokers gives a unit of work for about 14 per cent less fuel cost than that entailed by the use of larger sized coal in the hand fired furnaces first mentioned ...
... brick - arched furnaces . Thus far the use of small coal with the automatic stokers gives a unit of work for about 14 per cent less fuel cost than that entailed by the use of larger sized coal in the hand fired furnaces first mentioned ...
Page 487
... brick retort type the temperature is relatively high . Coals with a refuse readily melting into a thin slag are unfit to use in such unless at a slow rate of combustion . The melted ash forms a sheet clinker next to the grates in one or ...
... brick retort type the temperature is relatively high . Coals with a refuse readily melting into a thin slag are unfit to use in such unless at a slow rate of combustion . The melted ash forms a sheet clinker next to the grates in one or ...
Page 494
... brick , asphalt or wood . It is a little more difficult to clean , but gives a better foot - hold for horses drawing heavy loads than brick or asphalt , while the contrary is true to a slight degree in comparison with wood . It is an ...
... brick , asphalt or wood . It is a little more difficult to clean , but gives a better foot - hold for horses drawing heavy loads than brick or asphalt , while the contrary is true to a slight degree in comparison with wood . It is an ...
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