International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons Engaged in the Engineering Professions and Trades, Or for Those who Desire Information Concerning Them, Volume 33, Part 2International Textbook Company, 1909 - Agriculture |
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Page 101 - To ascertain the number of slates of a given size required per square, subtract 3 inches from the length of the slate, multiply the remainder by the width, and divide by 2;
Page 5 - The temperature at which the wire is embedded in the molten glass insures cohesion between the metallic netting and the glass, and the two materials become as one;
Page 138 - standing outside of a door, the butts are on the right, it is a right-hand door; if on the left, it is a left-hand door.
Page 31 - end. The spacers are placed at suitable intervals to separate and brace the bars. The woven-wire lathing, with the i-inch round stiffening ribs woven in every
Page 15 - flat tiles turned up at the edges, with a row of inverted semicylindrical ones
Page 139 - the edge of the door, or, if its edge is left square, by leaving sufficient clearance between the door and its jamb. If the door is of fair width and
Page 55 - is built to the required diameter by means of a light bar-iron frame and clamps a, a. The expanded metal is wrapped around the outside of this framework and plastered, as shown. Where the column is an important member in the structure, at least two coverings of expanded metal and plastering should be provided.
Page 29 - an arch. The tendency to overturn or twist the I beams is counteracted by the cables in the adjacent panels, while in the end panel the beam can be tied to the walls or structure, or it can be made sufficiently heavy to resist any tendency of this kind. This tendency is also