An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 352
... tons . 1330. It must be observed , that the power has to overcome not only the weight , but at the same time the friction undergone by the screw , which in some cases is so great as to be equal to the weight itself ; for it is sometimes ...
... tons . 1330. It must be observed , that the power has to overcome not only the weight , but at the same time the friction undergone by the screw , which in some cases is so great as to be equal to the weight itself ; for it is sometimes ...
Page 355
... tons . · · · · · · A man can raise by a good common pump 1 hogshead of water 10 feet high in a minute for a whole day . Desaguliers . By the mercurial pump , or another good pump , a man may raise a hogshead 18 or 20 feet in a minute ...
... tons . · · · · · · A man can raise by a good common pump 1 hogshead of water 10 feet high in a minute for a whole day . Desaguliers . By the mercurial pump , or another good pump , a man may raise a hogshead 18 or 20 feet in a minute ...
Page 394
... Tons . Tons . Tons . 2 2 × 2 3.2 0.8 At once . 2 x 2 40 6.0 1.5 4 x 2 20.2 2.5 At once . 2 6 21.0 23.5 1.7 4 x 4 8.0 41.0 2.5 Across the bed . 6 × 6 64.0 86.0 2.4 4 2 × 2 9.0 0.75 4 x 2 17.0 212 4 x 4 25.75 29.25 1.82 4 x 4 24.25 28.75 ...
... Tons . Tons . Tons . 2 2 × 2 3.2 0.8 At once . 2 x 2 40 6.0 1.5 4 x 2 20.2 2.5 At once . 2 6 21.0 23.5 1.7 4 x 4 8.0 41.0 2.5 Across the bed . 6 × 6 64.0 86.0 2.4 4 2 × 2 9.0 0.75 4 x 2 17.0 212 4 x 4 25.75 29.25 1.82 4 x 4 24.25 28.75 ...
Page 395
... Tons . Tons . Tons . Portland stone : All yielded vertically . Worked 7.3 10.25 1.48 Rough tooled 8:57 1.00 Bedded in leather . Bedded in plaster . Devonshire marbles : Ipplepen , mottled red 9.2 10.7 1.37 [ with vein . Poltesco , grey ...
... Tons . Tons . Tons . Portland stone : All yielded vertically . Worked 7.3 10.25 1.48 Rough tooled 8:57 1.00 Bedded in leather . Bedded in plaster . Devonshire marbles : Ipplepen , mottled red 9.2 10.7 1.37 [ with vein . Poltesco , grey ...
Page 396
... tons 16 tons Ditto 16 99 22 Bedded on plaster . Ditto . 99 Two common stocks 10 99 Good stock 30 34 99 Superior washed stock 36 99 Ordinary place brick 3 16 161 442 9 99 99 No plaster . 39 99 Ditto Common ditto - 3 6 99 99 5 to 2 A ...
... tons 16 tons Ditto 16 99 22 Bedded on plaster . Ditto . 99 Two common stocks 10 99 Good stock 30 34 99 Superior washed stock 36 99 Ordinary place brick 3 16 161 442 9 99 99 No plaster . 39 99 Ditto Common ditto - 3 6 99 99 5 to 2 A ...
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