Street Pavements and Paving Materials: A Manual of City Pavements, the Methods and Materials of Their ConstructionJ. Wiley & Sons, 1901 - 555 páginas |
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... increased and scattered over the then known world the different divisions settled down into communities or became nomadic tribes . Different localities pro- duced different articles , and in their wanderings and communica- tions with ...
... increased and scattered over the then known world the different divisions settled down into communities or became nomadic tribes . Different localities pro- duced different articles , and in their wanderings and communica- tions with ...
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... increased to 60,000 , when , according to a statement made in the City Council by an alderman during a controversy as to the relative merits of wood and stone pavements , there were 600,000 square yards of the latter , probably nearly ...
... increased to 60,000 , when , according to a statement made in the City Council by an alderman during a controversy as to the relative merits of wood and stone pavements , there were 600,000 square yards of the latter , probably nearly ...
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... increased use of asphalt for pavements in cities which in former years drew largely from the New England quarries . This use of asphalt not only de- creased the quantity of granite used , but also the value per thousand of the blocks ...
... increased use of asphalt for pavements in cities which in former years drew largely from the New England quarries . This use of asphalt not only de- creased the quantity of granite used , but also the value per thousand of the blocks ...
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... increasing their size and completing the rock by a regular growth , Red sandstones are sometimes found to be easily disintegrated on account of the iron oxide separating the original grains from the cementing material . In street ...
... increasing their size and completing the rock by a regular growth , Red sandstones are sometimes found to be easily disintegrated on account of the iron oxide separating the original grains from the cementing material . In street ...
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... increasing the heat . The oil is then conducted to the refining - kettles , where it is kept heated with open lid till ... increased towards the end to 700 ° F. till a sample of the material poured into water forms a hard black substance ...
... increasing the heat . The oil is then conducted to the refining - kettles , where it is kept heated with open lid till ... increased towards the end to 700 ° F. till a sample of the material poured into water forms a hard black substance ...
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Página 402 - All loss or damage arising out of the nature of the work to be done under this agreement, or from any unforeseen obstructions or difficulties which may be encountered in the prosecution of the same...
Página 412 - ... authorities, and •whenever required by them to do so, and in such manner as they may prescribe. In the case of neglect of any corpo-ration to make these pavements or repairs after the expiration of thirty days' notice to do so, the local authorities may make same at the expense of such corporation." The street-car companies, however, have not always lived up to this requirement, and it was stated in a paper read before the American Society of Civil Engineers in December, 1896, that bills aggregating...
Página 412 - Every street surface railroad corporation so long as it shall continue to use any of its tracks in any street, avenue or public place in any city or village shall have and keep in permanent repair that portion of such street, avenue or public place between its tracks, the rails of its tracks, and two feet in width outside of its tracks, under the supervision of the proper local authorities, and whenever required by them to do so, and in such manner as they may prescribe. In case of the neglect of...