Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and Constructing Engineers, and Contractors ...George A. Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson McGraw-Hill Book Company, Incorporated, 1920 - Building |
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Page 1414 - ... (b) If any test specimen shows defective machining or develops flaws, it may be discarded and another specimen substituted. (c) If the percentage of elongation of any tension test specimen is less than that specified in Sect.
Page 1416 - The inspector representing the purchaser shall have free entry, at all times while work on the contract of the purchaser is being performed, to all parts of the manufacturer's works which concern the manufacture of the bars ordered.
Page 891 - In cases where timbers do not contain the pith and it is impossible to locate it with any degree of accuracy, the same inspection shall be made over 3...
Page 1408 - The cement shall be stored in such a manner as to permit easy access for proper inspection and identification of each shipment, and in a suitable weather-tight building which will protect the cement from dampness.
Page 1411 - All tests (except check analyses) and inspection shall be made at the place of manufacture prior to shipment, unless otherwise specified, and shall be so conducted as not to interfere unnecessarily with the operation of the works. 14. Rejection. — (a) Unless otherwise specified, any rejection based...
Page 1064 - Work, and will endeavor to guard the Owner against defects and deficiencies in the Work of the Contractor.
Page 1410 - ... may be machined to the form and dimensions shown in Fig. 1, or with both edges parallel.
Page 1412 - Chemical determinations of the percentages of carbon, phosphorus, sulphur, and manganese shall be made by the manufacturer from a test ingot taken at the time of the pouring of each melt of steel, and a correct copy of such analysis shall be furnished to the engineer or his inspector.
Page 1413 - This analysis shall be made from a test ingot taken during the pouring of the melt. The chemical composition thus determined shall be reported to the purchaser or his representative, and shall conform to the requirements specified in Section 2.
Page 890 - Sound Knot. — A sound knot is one which is solid across its face and which is as hard as the wood surrounding it; it may be either red or black, and is so fixed by growth or position that it will retain its place in the piece.