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Pagina 36
... ordinary boiler - plate girders constituting the former , and the lat- ter being of wrought - iron on the lattice principle . The piers and abutments were of solid ashlar masonry , and the works were ar- ranged for a single line of ...
... ordinary boiler - plate girders constituting the former , and the lat- ter being of wrought - iron on the lattice principle . The piers and abutments were of solid ashlar masonry , and the works were ar- ranged for a single line of ...
Pagina 37
... ordinary concrete foundation is first laid , and upon the foundation horizontal frames , constructed of boards lined with zinc or other metal , are set up on edge , so as to form a kind of trough for receiving the concrete . By the ...
... ordinary concrete foundation is first laid , and upon the foundation horizontal frames , constructed of boards lined with zinc or other metal , are set up on edge , so as to form a kind of trough for receiving the concrete . By the ...
Pagina 39
... ordinary bottles stuck upon the wall resisted all attempts at separation , till the stone yielded . Champagne bottles , cemented bottom to bot- tom , sustained a weight of 250 pounds . Two bricks remained joined under a tension of 325 ...
... ordinary bottles stuck upon the wall resisted all attempts at separation , till the stone yielded . Champagne bottles , cemented bottom to bot- tom , sustained a weight of 250 pounds . Two bricks remained joined under a tension of 325 ...
Pagina 41
... ordinary cement is only necessary , it can be diluted with two parts of water to one of the solution . If a cement be required to harden slowly , sulphate of potash may be added to the car- bonate , so that the indurating action of the ...
... ordinary cement is only necessary , it can be diluted with two parts of water to one of the solution . If a cement be required to harden slowly , sulphate of potash may be added to the car- bonate , so that the indurating action of the ...
Pagina 47
... ordinary quartz , in pieces from three or four inches in diameter , to coarse gravel size , in twenty - four hours . It has reduced eighteen tons of quartz into gravel , in one hour , through three - quarter - inch holes . The broken ...
... ordinary quartz , in pieces from three or four inches in diameter , to coarse gravel size , in twenty - four hours . It has reduced eighteen tons of quartz into gravel , in one hour , through three - quarter - inch holes . The broken ...
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Pagina 261 - a special mineralization producing a bituminous matter instead of coal or lignite. This operation is not attributable to heat, nor of the nature of a distillation, but is due to chemical reactions at the ordinary temperature, and under the normal conditions of climate.
Pagina 303 - When the ether spray thus produced is directed upon the outer skin, the skin is rendered insensible within a minute; but the effects do not end here. So soon as the skin is divided, the ether begins to exert on the nervous filaments the double action of cold and of etherization : so that the narcotism can be extended deeply to any desired extent. Pure rectified ether used in this manner is entirely negative ; it causes no irritation, and may be applied to a deep wound, as I shall show, without any...