A Practical Treatise on Foundations, Explaining Fully the Principles Involved, Supplemented by Articles on the Use of Concrete in Foundations

William Macfarland Patton

John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 1893 - Concrete - 549 pages

Contents

• PART FIRST: 1
• ARTICLE II: 9
• ARTICLE III: 20
• ARTICLE V: 28
• Only simple forms required for ordinary workUseful: 34
• Stones used inGranite marble limestone and sandstone: 42
• ARTICLE X: 52
• ARTICLE XI: 57
• ARTICLE XII: 64
• Definition ofStringcourse and ringcourse jointsDe: 72
• tarsDeposited under water should have some set first unless: 75
• Formulæ for depth of keystoneExamples underLines: 78
• Usually built in ringsHeaders should be usedTwo: 84
• ARTICLE XV: 89
• ARTICLE XX: 96
• ARTICLE XXI: 106
• ARTICLE XXIII: 113
• ARTICLE XXV: 120
• ExamplesOhio Susquehanna: 127
• Of parts of arches piers and retainingwalls: 139
• PART SECOND: 147
• ARTICLE XXX: 150
• ARTICLE XXXI: 162
• ARTICLE XXXII: 164
• Construction and usesAdvantages and disadvantages: 170
• Construction and usesDesigns and dimension: 177
• ARTICLE XXXIX: 187
• ARTICLE XLI: 196
• ARTICLE XLII: 207
• ARTICLE XLIII: 219
• ARTICLE XLIV: 226
• ARTICLE XLV: 235
• ARTICLE XLVI: 251
• Character of defectsEffect of on timber: 284
• ARTICLE LVI: 343
• ARTICLE LVII: 359
• Hawarden BridgeLarge cylinders partly of iron and partly of brick: 369
• Bearing power of pilesDiscussion of formulæ with numerous records: 376
• Preservation of timber by vulcanizing processDescription of method: 386
• Some recent contract prices on railway masonry: 395
• Concretesteel railroad bridge at Plano Illinois: 402
• Proportions for concrete in reservoir construction: 411
• Tests of strength of mortar with sand and limestone screenings: 419
• 180: 436
• Theory of the strength of beams of reinforced concreteWatertown: 460
• Plan of pile supports for the Pennsylvania R R tunnel under North River: 497
• Tests for soundness of Portland cementBoiling testSteam testHot: 504
• Foundations for the building of the New York Stock ExchangeView: 511
• Cost of concrete tunnellining and of tunnel excavationPeekskill tun: 517
• Foundation for a large gasplant at Dubuque: 524
• Bearing power of earth: 532
• Foundation for a high chimney 421: 541

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Practical Treatise on Foundations, Explaining Fully the Principles Involved, Supplemented by Articles on the Use of Concrete in Foundations
• Author: William Macfarland Patton
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 1893
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Sep 29, 2007
• Length: 549 pages