| 1908 - 874 Seiten
...conflagrations of recent years. Some of these structures 14 GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE EARTHQUAKE CONDITIONS. 15 which successfully withstood the first test failed...produced by the vibrations at other points, however, could have been resisted with safety if proper design, firstclass materials, and honest workmanship... | |
| Geological Survey (U.S.) - 1907 - 304 Seiten
...surprising that this movement and the resulting vibrations should prove so fatal to the structures or man. In the fire that followed hundreds of thousands...produced by the vibrations at other points, however, could have been resisted with safety if proper design, firstclass materials, and honest workmanship... | |
| Ralph Arnold, Robert van Vleck Anderson - 1907 - 564 Seiten
...structures which withstood the earthquake were subjected to a second test in a fire which surpaased all the great conflagrations of recent years. Some...produced by the vibrations at other points, however, could have been resisted with safety if proper design, firstclass materials, and honest workmanship... | |
| 1909 - 1224 Seiten
...test in a fire which surpassed all the great conflagrations of recent years. Some of these structures which successfully withstood the first test failed...fire-proofing. A very few withstood both tests successfully. "While reinforced concrete structures were few in the zone of seismic disturbances, these few stood... | |
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