Municipal Engineering, Volume 26Municipal Engineering Company, 1904 |
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Page 346 - Pats of neat cement about three inches in diameter, one-half inch thick at the center, and tapering to a thin edge, shall be kept in moist air for a period of twenty-four hours. (a) A pat is then kept in air at normal temperature and observed at intervals for at least 28 days.
Page 418 - Nor have the}- ordained or forbidden that a tax shall be apportioned according to the benefit which each taxpayer is supposed to receive from the object on which the tax is expended.
Page 162 - ... the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man, as the means of production and of traffic in states.
Page 271 - Reinforced Concrete or Concrete-Steel Constructed Buildings. The term "reinforced concrete" or "concrete-steel" Definition, in this Section shall be understood to mean an approved concrete mixture reinforced by steel of any shape, so combined that the steel will take up the tensional stresses and assist in the resistance to shear.
Page 418 - Whether the expense of making such improvements shall be paid out of the general treasury, or be assessed upon the abutting property or other property specially benefited, and, if the latter mode, whether the assessment shall be upon all property found to be benefited or alone upon the abutters, according to frontage or according to the area of their lots, is, according to the present weight of authority, considered to be a question of legislative expediency.
Page 225 - Portland cement plant are usually almost or exactly duplicates. The difficulty, and in consequence the expense, of grinding clinker will depend in large part on the chemical composition of the clinker and on the temperature at which it has been burned. The difficulty of grinding, for example, increases with the percentage of lime carried by the clinker; and a clinker containing 64 per cent of lime will be very noticeably more resistant to pulverizing than one carrying 62 per cent of lime. So far...
Page 92 - Where the Architect is not otherwise retained, consultation fees for professional advice are to be paid in proportion to the importance of the question involved and services rendered.
Page 249 - In our judgment, the evidence fully sustains the material allegations of the bill, and shows a violation of the act of congress, in so far as it declares illegal every combination or conspiracy in restraint of commerce among the several States and with foreign nations, and forbids attempts to monopolize such commerce or any part of it.
Page 226 - Adding it at this point secures much more thorough mixing and pulverizing than if the mixture were made later in the process. At some of the few plants which use plaster instead of gypsum, the finely ground plaster is not added until the clinker has received its final grinding and is ready for storage or packing.
Page 359 - When the asphaltic cement contains over 5 per cent of material that will separate by subsidence while in a molten condition, it must be thoroughly agitated before drawing from storage and while in use in the supply kettles, so as to insure a uniform cement. These properties shall be determined by tests made by uniform methods, descriptions of which are on file in the office of the Engineer Commissioner.