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... Mortar - Effect of Salt Water in Cement Mortar - Effect of Frost on Mortar - Concrete - Early Use of - Proportions for Concrete- Mixing - Amount of Material per Cubic Yard of Concrete - Voids in Broken Stone - Proper Consistency of ...
... Mortar - Effect of Salt Water in Cement Mortar - Effect of Frost on Mortar - Concrete - Early Use of - Proportions for Concrete- Mixing - Amount of Material per Cubic Yard of Concrete - Voids in Broken Stone - Proper Consistency of ...
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... mortar . 27. Showing strength of mortar when immersed in salt water . 28. Showing strength of mortar when immersed in and mixed with salt and fresh water ... 29. Showing strength of Portland - cement mortar when immersed in and mixed ...
... mortar . 27. Showing strength of mortar when immersed in salt water . 28. Showing strength of mortar when immersed in and mixed with salt and fresh water ... 29. Showing strength of Portland - cement mortar when immersed in and mixed ...
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... mortar after second mixing . 118 36. Showing strength of briquettes made at different times after the mix- ing of the mortar .. 119 37. Showing volume of concrete from certain mixtures .. 123 38. Showing voids in stone , gravel , and ...
... mortar after second mixing . 118 36. Showing strength of briquettes made at different times after the mix- ing of the mortar .. 119 37. Showing volume of concrete from certain mixtures .. 123 38. Showing voids in stone , gravel , and ...
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... The Appian Way was built by Appius Claudius about 300 B.C. , and the Flaminian Way some years later . These roads were prac- 1 tically examples of solid masonry laid in cement mortar and 2 STREET PAVEMENTS AND PAVING MATERIALS .
... The Appian Way was built by Appius Claudius about 300 B.C. , and the Flaminian Way some years later . These roads were prac- 1 tically examples of solid masonry laid in cement mortar and 2 STREET PAVEMENTS AND PAVING MATERIALS .
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... mortar and some- times several feet thick . A traveller in one case reports having crawled entirely across a road under the pavement where the earth had been washed away and the masonry had been self - supporting . Such roads lasted a ...
... mortar and some- times several feet thick . A traveller in one case reports having crawled entirely across a road under the pavement where the earth had been washed away and the masonry had been self - supporting . Such roads lasted a ...
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