Documents of the City of Boston, Volume 4City Council, Printing Section, 1874 |
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... majority of cases , so far as your Commissioners are informed , it has succeeded reasonably well . It should , however , be borne in mind , that paving blocks but a few inches long , cut across 6 CITY DOCUMENT . - No. 100 .
... majority of cases , so far as your Commissioners are informed , it has succeeded reasonably well . It should , however , be borne in mind , that paving blocks but a few inches long , cut across 6 CITY DOCUMENT . - No. 100 .
Page 7
... inches thick is not stiff enough to carry heavy loads over depressions or cavities of any considerable size , and it is hardly practicable to interlock or connect the blocks strongly enough to do this during any long time . When there ...
... inches thick is not stiff enough to carry heavy loads over depressions or cavities of any considerable size , and it is hardly practicable to interlock or connect the blocks strongly enough to do this during any long time . When there ...
Page 8
... inches thick at top , with spaces of about one - half inch between the rows . This may be done with blocks of uniform thickness set apart , or with tapering blocks half an inch thicker at bottom than at top . The latter arrangement is ...
... inches thick at top , with spaces of about one - half inch between the rows . This may be done with blocks of uniform thickness set apart , or with tapering blocks half an inch thicker at bottom than at top . The latter arrangement is ...
Page 9
... inches thick and 8 inches high , well fitted and set close together , in rows square across the street , as the best form of stone pave- ment known to them . Mr. Whidden understands the order under which this com- mission is acting , to ...
... inches thick and 8 inches high , well fitted and set close together , in rows square across the street , as the best form of stone pave- ment known to them . Mr. Whidden understands the order under which this com- mission is acting , to ...
Page 16
... inch . As for the antiseptics which have been applied by these various methods to the preservation of wood , the list , begin- * See Parnell's Applied Chemistry . ning with the recommendation of tar by Glauber , in 16 No. 100 . CITY ...
... inch . As for the antiseptics which have been applied by these various methods to the preservation of wood , the list , begin- * See Parnell's Applied Chemistry . ning with the recommendation of tar by Glauber , in 16 No. 100 . CITY ...
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