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... Wooden Bridges Cast - iron Bridges Suspension Bridges . Effects of Temperature on Stone and Cast - iron Bridges Moveable Bridges Aqueduct Bridges ROADS . 168 499 .. 170 520 .. 185 527 .. 189 534 .. 196 549 200 550 .. 204 ib . 551 .. 583 ...
... Wooden Bridges Cast - iron Bridges Suspension Bridges . Effects of Temperature on Stone and Cast - iron Bridges Moveable Bridges Aqueduct Bridges ROADS . 168 499 .. 170 520 .. 185 527 .. 189 534 .. 196 549 200 550 .. 204 ib . 551 .. 583 ...
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... wooden wedges , an operation termed pinning - up , or under - pinning , and these props , causing the pressure on the block to be thrown on a few points of the lower surface , instead of being equally diffused over it , expose the stone ...
... wooden wedges , an operation termed pinning - up , or under - pinning , and these props , causing the pressure on the block to be thrown on a few points of the lower surface , instead of being equally diffused over it , expose the stone ...
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... wooden mallet . When the block is laid against another of the same course , the joint between them is prepared with mortar in the same manner as the bed . 358. Rubble Stone Masonry . With good mortar , rubble work , when carefully ...
... wooden mallet . When the block is laid against another of the same course , the joint between them is prepared with mortar in the same manner as the bed . 358. Rubble Stone Masonry . With good mortar , rubble work , when carefully ...
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... wooden conduit reaching nearly to the position of the layer , or else by placing the beton ( Fig 13 ) in a box by which it is lowered to the position of the layer , and from which it is de- posited so as not to permit the water to ...
... wooden conduit reaching nearly to the position of the layer , or else by placing the beton ( Fig 13 ) in a box by which it is lowered to the position of the layer , and from which it is de- posited so as not to permit the water to ...
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... for the foundation . A large bean , termed a capping , is first placed on the heads of the out- side row of piles , to which it is fastened by means of wooden pins , or tree - nails driven into an auger 16 FOUNDATIONS . 121.
... for the foundation . A large bean , termed a capping , is first placed on the heads of the out- side row of piles , to which it is fastened by means of wooden pins , or tree - nails driven into an auger 16 FOUNDATIONS . 121.
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