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Page 116
... platform should , by any accident , give way , it would leave a part of the foundation without any support . When the sand under the bed is liable to injury from springs they must be cut off , and a platform , or , still better , an ...
... platform should , by any accident , give way , it would leave a part of the foundation without any support . When the sand under the bed is liable to injury from springs they must be cut off , and a platform , or , still better , an ...
Page 117
... platform , is then laid on the gringe , to receive the lowest course of the foundation . The objecs the grillage , and L C Fig . 12 - Represents the arrangemel platform fitted on piles . A , masonry . aa , piles . b , string pieces ...
... platform , is then laid on the gringe , to receive the lowest course of the foundation . The objecs the grillage , and L C Fig . 12 - Represents the arrangemel platform fitted on piles . A , masonry . aa , piles . b , string pieces ...
Page 118
Dennis Hart Mahan. 377. Repeated failures in grillages and platforms , arising either from the compression of the woody fibre , or from a transversa ! strain occasioned by the subsoil offering an unequal resistance , have impaired ...
Dennis Hart Mahan. 377. Repeated failures in grillages and platforms , arising either from the compression of the woody fibre , or from a transversa ! strain occasioned by the subsoil offering an unequal resistance , have impaired ...
Page 119
... platform ; or else a layer of clay , from 4 to 6 feet thick , is laid over the area thus prepared with piles , and is either solidly rammed in layers of a foot thick , or submitted to a very heavy pressure for some time before ...
... platform ; or else a layer of clay , from 4 to 6 feet thick , is laid over the area thus prepared with piles , and is either solidly rammed in layers of a foot thick , or submitted to a very heavy pressure for some time before ...
Page 121
... platform for the foundation . A large bean , termed a capping , is first placed on the heads of the out- sile row of piles , to which it is fastened by means of wooden pins , or tree - nais driven into an auger 16 FOUNDATIONS . 121.
... platform for the foundation . A large bean , termed a capping , is first placed on the heads of the out- sile row of piles , to which it is fastened by means of wooden pins , or tree - nais driven into an auger 16 FOUNDATIONS . 121.
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abutments action angle arch arranged axis bars beton blocks bolts bottom brick bridge bridge-frame built beams cables canal cast iron centre chains connected consists construction counterforts courses cross section cross strain curved rib depth diagonal braces dimensions drains durability effect embankment engineer excavation experiments exterior feet feldspar fibres flanch frame freshets give horizontal hot blast hydraulic cement hydraulic lime hydraulic mortar inclined joints laid layer lime-stones lock masonry material metal mortar moveable bridge natural ordinary parapet perpendicular pieces piers piles placed plates platform points of support portion present pressure purpose rail receive resistance rest ribs road road-covering roadway roadway-bearers sand scantling secured side slopes soffit soil solid span spandrels springing lines stone strength structure struts suitable surface suspended suspension bridges termed timber tion tow-path truss uprights usually vertical voussoirs wall water-courses water-way weight width wire wooden wrought iron zinc