Report, Band 4

Cover
 

Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen

Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen

Beliebte Passagen

Seite 176 - America, to -which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly, and severally, by these presents. Sealed with our seals and dated this day of...
Seite 266 - Structural. — Brick, common, front, pressed, ornamental, hollow, glazed; adobe, terra cotta, roofing tile; glazed and encaustic tile; drain-tile; paving brick; chimney-flues; chimney-pots; door-knobs; fire-proofing; terra cotta lumber; copings; fence-posts.
Seite 176 - THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH that if the said principal shall well and truly keep and perform all the terms and conditions of the...
Seite 172 - Where no change, from the present grade of those portions of the road not already surfaced with stone, is shown on the profile, the road-bed is to be shaped to the proper cross-section and slight elevations with contiguous depressions removed so as to form an even and smooth surface. The road-bed is to be rolled to a firm, smooth surface before the application of the broken stone.
Seite 174 - CLAUSES. PLANS, PROFILES AND SPECIFICATIONS. The plans, profiles and specifications are hereby made a part of this contract, and will be held to cover any and all work that could reasonably be inferred as needed for a complete and workmanlike job. And it is understood no advantage will be taken of discrepancies found in any drawing or specification.
Seite 259 - If .08 and 1 are bent over and 5 is not affected, the temperature of the kiln is between 1 and 5. The next time numbers 2, 3 and 4 are put in, and 2 and 3 may be fused, but 4 remains unaffected, indicating that the temperature reached the fusing point of 3.
Seite 177 - Embankments shall be formed of successive layers of not more than twelve (12) inches in thickness, each layer to be thoroughly rolled by a roller weighing not less than two tons. All trees, stumps, and roots within the roadbed and on slopes shall be grubbed up and removed as the engineer may direct, without additional compensation.
Seite 259 - This consists of two wires, one of platinum and the other of an alloy of 90 per cent platinum and 10 per cent rhodium. These two are fastened together at one end, while the two free ends are carried to a galvanometer which measures the intensity of the current. That portion of the wires which is inserted into the furnace or...
Seite 275 - ... thoroughly average product is not obtained, owing to the thinness of the layer of settlings and the small amount in each. In addition a series of small tanks require considerable room. The advantages asserted in the case of large tanks are that the clay can be discharged into any one for a considerable period, and, if the clay deposit varies in character, the different grades get into one tank and a better average is thereby obtained. If the kaolin settles too slowly, alum is sometimes added...
Seite 287 - Now, as each of these three compounds of the kaolin — clay substance, quartz and feldspar — have characteristic properties, the kaolin will vary in its behavior according as one or the other of these constituents predominates or tends to. increase. As to the characters of these three, quartz is nearly infusible, nonplastic, has very little shrinkage, and is of low tensile strength ; feldspar is easily fusible, and alone has little plasticity ~T kaolinite is plastic and quite refractory, but shrinks...

Bibliografische Informationen