 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - Civil engineering - 1886 - 654 pages
...sand, would have double the breaking weight of a similar beam, made of similar materials, but united with a mortar composed of 1 part of cement to 2 parts of sand. By strength of concrete was meant strictly its tensile or transverse strength, as obtained from... | |
 | Engineers Club of Philadelphia - Engineering - 1908 - 452 pages
...Miller recommends painting the surface of the work with a hot mixture prepared by mixing 20 Ib. of chopt suet with 1 bushel of lime, and stirring up with boiling...that with a mortar composed of 1 part of cement to 2J parts of bituminous ash, when alum and soap were mixt with the water used for gaging, the strength... | |
 | Engineering - 1908 - 984 pages
...Miller recommends painting the surface of the work with a hot mixture prepared by mixing 20 Ib. of chopt suet with 1 bushel of lime, and stirring up with boiling...that with a mortar composed of 1 part of cement to 2J parts of bituminous ash, when alum and soap were mixt with the water used for gaging, the strength... | |
 | Municipal Engineers of the City of New York - Municipal engineering - 1909 - 628 pages
...Miller recommends painting the surface of the work with a hot mixture prepared by mixing 20 Ib. of chopt suet with 1 bushel of lime, and stirring up with boiling...2£ parts of bituminous ash, when alum and soap were rriixt with the water used for gaging, the strength and hardness iiicreast 50 per cent, and absorption... | |
 | 1909 - 648 pages
...Miller recommends painting the surface of the work with a hot mixture prepared by mixing 20 Ib. of chopt suet with 1 bushel of lime, and stirring up with boiling...that with a mortar composed of 1 part of cement to 2i parts of bituminous ash, when alum and soap were mixt with the water used for gaging, the strength... | |
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Plastering, Plain and Decorative," Miller recommends painting the surface of the work with a hot mixture prepared by mixing 20 Ib. of chopt suet with 1 bushel of lime, and stirring up with boiling water. Professor Hatt states that with a mortar composed... 