An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 513
... iron work which is to sustain shocks and vibrations abrupt variations of dimensions and angular figures must be avoided as much as possible , especially those with reentering angles ; for at those ... iron , is LI CHAP . II . 513 IRON .
... iron work which is to sustain shocks and vibrations abrupt variations of dimensions and angular figures must be avoided as much as possible , especially those with reentering angles ; for at those ... iron , is LI CHAP . II . 513 IRON .
Page 514
... iron . The melted metal , on being run in , is cooled and solidified suddenly where it touches the cold iron ; and for a certain depth from the chilled surface , varying from about to inch in different kinds of iron , it takes the white ...
... iron . The melted metal , on being run in , is cooled and solidified suddenly where it touches the cold iron ; and for a certain depth from the chilled surface , varying from about to inch in different kinds of iron , it takes the white ...
Page 521
... iron which may have re- ceived a coating of zine ; it should be called zinked iron . The metal is first cleaned per- fectly by the joint action of dilute acid and friction , and then plunged into a bath of melted zinc , covered with sal ...
... iron which may have re- ceived a coating of zine ; it should be called zinked iron . The metal is first cleaned per- fectly by the joint action of dilute acid and friction , and then plunged into a bath of melted zinc , covered with sal ...
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