Civil Engineering as Applied in Construction

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Longmans, Green, 1910 - 626 Seiten
 

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Seite 3 - ... the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man, as the means of production and of traffic in states.
Seite ii - A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON BRIDGE-CONSTRUCTION: Being a Text-Book on the Construction of Bridges in Iron and Steel. FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS, DRAUGHTSMEN, AND ENGINEERS. BY T. CLAXTON FIDLER, M. INST. CE, Late Prof, of Engineering, University College, Dundee "The new edition of Mr.
Seite ii - Diagrams. 8vo. , 18*. net. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF HARBOUR CONSTRUCTION. By WILLIAM SHIELD, FRSE, M.Inst.CE, and Executive Engineer, National Harbour of Refuge, Peterhead, NB With 97 Illustrations. Medium 8vo.
Seite ii - Medium 8vo, id,, net. NOTES ON CONSTRUCTION IN MILD STEEL: Arranged for the Use of Junior Draughtsmen in the Architectural and Engineering Professions. By HENRY FIULER, MICE, Author of the Article on "Dockyards" in the Encyclopadia Britannica, and Editor of "Notes on Building Construction.
Seite ii - ... net. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION. By WH MILLS, MICE, Engineer-in-Chief of the Great Northern Railway of Ireland. With 516 Illustrations and Diagrams. 8vo.
Seite 42 - Or have the nature of the work and the conditions under which it has been performed varied so greatly with time and place as to erase the common denominators?
Seite ii - ... Engineering, University College, Dundee. Part I. Fluid Pressure, and the Calculation of its Effects in Engineering Structures. With numerous Illustrations and Examples. Medium 8vo, 6s.
Seite 139 - ... railroad bridges, we find here a very heavy load coming upon the structure in a sudden and often very violent manner. Experiment and observation both indicate that a rapidly-moving load produces an effect equal to double the same load at rest. This effect is seen much more upon short bridges, where the moving load is large in proportion to the weight of the bridge, than upon long spans, where the weight of the bridge itself is considerable. The actual load upon a short bridge is also...
Seite 543 - Formerly, with the object of preventing waste, a cistern in each house adapted to its size was filled with water from the main, by turning on the water for a short period once or twice a day ; and by this means the consumption was limited to the contents of the cistern between the periods of turning on the water ; and the supply to be provided could be very closely estimated, and was only required at fixed periods. These open cisterns, however, were exposed to various sources of contamination, and...

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