 The setting is said to have commenced when the needle ceases to pass a point 5 mm. (0.20 in.) above the upper surface of the glass plate, and is said to have terminated the moment the needle does not sink visibly into the mass.  A Hand-book for Cement Users - Page 48by Charles Carroll Brown - 1905 - 369 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edwin Clarence Eckel - Cement - 1922 - 724 pages
...consistency is molded in the hard-rubber ring, and placed under the rod (B), the smaller end of which is then carefully brought in contact with the surface of the paste, and the rod quickly released. Percentage of Water for Neat Cement Paste of Normal Consistency. Percentage... | |
 | James Ambrose Moyer - Machinery - 1926 - 630 pages
...needle H, 1 millimeter (0.039 inch) in diameter, at the other, weighing 300 grams (10. 58 ounces). The needle is then carefully brought in contact with the surface of the paste and quickly released. The setting is said to have commenced when the needle ceases to pass a point 5 millimeters (0.20 inch)... | |
 | American Society of Civil Engineers - Civil engineering - 1909 - 904 pages
...cap (D) at one end and the needle (H), 1 mm. (0.039 in.) in diameter, at the other, weighing 300 g. (10.58 oz.). The needle is then carefully brought...with the surface of the paste and quickly released. 40. — The setting is said to have commenced when the needle ceases to pass a point 5 mm. (0.20 in.)... | |
 | American Railway Engineering Association - Railroad engineering - 1905 - 198 pages
...Fig. 2, as described in paragraph 18; this rod, bearing the cap (D) at one end and the needle (H), I mm. (0.039 in.) in diameter, at the other, weighing...have commenced when the needle ceases to pass a point S mm- (0.20 in.) above the upper surface of the glass plate, and is said to have terminated the moment... | |
 | Ohio. Division of Geological Survey - Geology - 1904 - 416 pages
...described in paragraph 31 ; this rod, bearing the cap CD) at one end and the needle (H), 1 mm. (0.039 '".) in diameter at the other, weighing 300 gr. (10.58...with the surface of the paste and quickly released. 41. The setting is said to have commenced when the needle ceases to pass a point 5 mm. (0.20 in.) above... | |
 | American Society for Testing Materials - Building materials - 1912 - 628 pages
...hardrubber ring, as described in Paragraph 23, and placed under the rod (B), the smaller end of which is then carefully brought in contact with the surface of the paste, and the rod quickly released. 30. The initial set is said to have occurred when the needle ceases to pass... | |
 | Engineering - 1920 - 318 pages
...on a glass plate, an.l placed under the 1mm. end of the vertical rod of the Vicat apparatus, which is then carefully brought in contact with the surface of the paste and the rod released. The initial H»( IN Hiild to have occurred when the needle ceases to pnsr n point... | |
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