Street Pavements and Paving Materials: A Manual of City Pavements : the Methods and Materials of Their Construction |
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... laid on Blackfriars Bridge with mortar joints in 1840. This was probably the first attempt at a modern stone pavement . Rock asphalt was laid in London on Threadneedle Street in 1869 6 STREET PAVEMENTS AND PAVING MATERIALS .
... laid on Blackfriars Bridge with mortar joints in 1840. This was probably the first attempt at a modern stone pavement . Rock asphalt was laid in London on Threadneedle Street in 1869 6 STREET PAVEMENTS AND PAVING MATERIALS .
Page 36
... mortar that will harden under water , a property not belonging to ordinary limestones . A specimen of this variety from Rondout , N. Y. , analyzed according to Dana : Carbonic acid . Lime Magnesia Silica Alumina Sesquioxide of iron ...
... mortar that will harden under water , a property not belonging to ordinary limestones . A specimen of this variety from Rondout , N. Y. , analyzed according to Dana : Carbonic acid . Lime Magnesia Silica Alumina Sesquioxide of iron ...
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... mortar ; and in Exodus , that the ark of bulrushes in which Moses was found was daubed with slime and pitch . In each of these cases the Latin version renders the words " slime " and " pitch " as " bitumen " except in the case of Moses ...
... mortar ; and in Exodus , that the ark of bulrushes in which Moses was found was daubed with slime and pitch . In each of these cases the Latin version renders the words " slime " and " pitch " as " bitumen " except in the case of Moses ...
Page 95
... grading , while 80 per cent is a high yield , and most yards do not get as high as 70 per cent of strictly first - class No. 1 pavers . CHAPTER V. CEMENT , CEMENT MORTAR , AND CONCRETE . BRICK CLAYS MANUFACTURE OF PAVING - BRICK . 95.
... grading , while 80 per cent is a high yield , and most yards do not get as high as 70 per cent of strictly first - class No. 1 pavers . CHAPTER V. CEMENT , CEMENT MORTAR , AND CONCRETE . BRICK CLAYS MANUFACTURE OF PAVING - BRICK . 95.
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... MORTAR , AND CONCRETE . WHEN . a pure limestone has been properly burned or calcined the result is lime , that is , the carbonic acid has been driven off by the action of the heat . When water is applied to the lime it slakes with a ...
... MORTAR , AND CONCRETE . WHEN . a pure limestone has been properly burned or calcined the result is lime , that is , the carbonic acid has been driven off by the action of the heat . When water is applied to the lime it slakes with a ...
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abutting prop Alumina amount asphalt pavement asphaltene asphaltic cement average barrels Belgian binder biotite bitumen bituminous rock blocks brick pavement broken stone Brooklyn carbon centre chemical City Engineer clay clean coal-tar cobblestone condition construction contractor cost creosote cubic yard curb deposit depth durable entire erty owners feet feldspar filled flux foundation grade granite gravel grout gutter hard heat hornblende inches inches deep inches thick inches wide iron joints laying less lime limestone macadam Magnesia ment method miles mineral mixed mixture mortar obtained oxide paving material paving-brick paving-cement petrolene petroleum Portland cement pounds practically proper quantity quartz rail rattler repairs road roadway rock asphalt rolled samples sand sandstone shows Silica smooth specific gravity square inch square yard street street-car strength subgrade TABLE temperature tion track traffic trap-rock vary vitrified wearing surface width wood pavements York York City
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