Concrete and Constructional Engineering, Volume 1Concrete Publications., 1907 - Building |
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adhesion aggregate applied arch architects armoured concrete bars Beton brick British building built calcium calcium aluminate calcium hydroxide calcium silicate calcium sulphate calculation carried cent centre chimney clinker Coignet columns compression compressive strength concrete blocks concrete floors contractors cracks crete deflection diameter Eisen elastic employed engineers erected extrados factor of safety failure fire resistance foundations girders gravel hardening Hennebique hydration illustrations important iron joists lime load longitudinal manufacture material Messrs metal method mixture mortar moulds neutral axis patent piers pipes Portland cement practically present proportion protection Railway reinforced concrete reinforced concrete construction reinforced concrete piles ribs Ritz Hotel rods roof sand setting shearing shearing stresses shows slab sleepers space span square inch steel stirrups stone strength stresses struction structure surface temperature tensile tensile strength tensile stresses tests thick timber transverse vertical walls weight