Divisional planes that divide the rock in a quarry into natural blocks. There are usually two or three nearly parallel series, called by quarrymen end joints, back joints, and bottom joints, according to their position. (2) In coal seams, the less pronounced... Stones for Building and Decoration - Seite 434von George Perkins Merrill - 1891 - 453 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| George Perkins Merrill - 1889 - 414 Seiten
...iron, and provided with a wooden back. Used witli sand for sawing stoue by hand-power. lSue Plate v.) Guys. Ropes or chains used to prevent anything from...usually two or three nearly parallel series called by quarry men end joints, back joints, and bottom joints, according to their position. (See sectiou F.)... | |
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1889 - 908 Seiten
...iron, and provided with a wooden back. Used with sand for sawing stone by hand-power. (See Plate v.) Guys. Ropes or chains used to prevent anything from...fracture are rough and jagged. Joints. Divisional pianos which divide the rock in the quarry into natural blocks. There are usually two or three nearly... | |
| United States National Museum - 1889 - 916 Seiten
...iron, and provided with a wooden back. Used with sand for sawing alone by hand-power. (Sou Plate V.) Guys. Ropes or chains used to prevent anything from...fracture are rough and jagged. Joints. Divisional pianos which divide the rock in the quarry into natural blocks. There are usually two or three nearly... | |
| International Correspondence Schools - 1900 - 728 Seiten
...angles, or nearly so. Joints.— (1) Divisional planes that divide the rock in a quarry into natura blocks. There are usually two or three nearly parallel series, called by quarrynjen end joints, back joints, and bottom joints, according to the:: position. (2) In coal seams,... | |
| Thomas J. Foster - 1905 - 698 Seiten
...pressure at right angles, or nearly so. Joints.— (1) Divisional planes that divide the rock in a quarry into natural blocks. There are usually two...joints, and bottom joints, according to their position. (2) In coal seams, the less pronounced cleats or vertical cleavages in the coal. The shorter cleats,... | |
| Alvin Arthur Steel - 1910 - 688 Seiten
...light particles by agitation in water. Joints. — (i) Divisional planes that divide the rock in a quarry into natural blocks. There are usually two...three nearly parallel series, called by quarrymen end points, back points, and bottom joints, according to their position. (2) In coal seams, the less pronounced... | |
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