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Page 82
... described in specifications , will merely serve as postponements of available consideration , and this will arrive at a period when you may regret not having entertained it before . Against a sketch or slight description , a contractor ...
... described in specifications , will merely serve as postponements of available consideration , and this will arrive at a period when you may regret not having entertained it before . Against a sketch or slight description , a contractor ...
Page 99
... described upon these lines will represent the resultant in magnitude and direction . Let the forces act along lines ox , ov ( fig . 18 ) , and let them be represented by oA and оB . Complete the parallelogram OACB , then the resultant ...
... described upon these lines will represent the resultant in magnitude and direction . Let the forces act along lines ox , ov ( fig . 18 ) , and let them be represented by oA and оB . Complete the parallelogram OACB , then the resultant ...
Page 166
... described as a small trough open to the external air and inserted between the soil or waste - pipe and the syphon or other trap of the closet or sink . Its more perfect or developed form combines the syphon - trap and ventilator , and ...
... described as a small trough open to the external air and inserted between the soil or waste - pipe and the syphon or other trap of the closet or sink . Its more perfect or developed form combines the syphon - trap and ventilator , and ...
Page 169
... described are so simple in principle and operation that it is a wonder no similar attempt has previously been made to relieve pipes of their nauseous effluvia except by the addition of separate ventilating - tubes . The energies and ...
... described are so simple in principle and operation that it is a wonder no similar attempt has previously been made to relieve pipes of their nauseous effluvia except by the addition of separate ventilating - tubes . The energies and ...
Page 226
... described . ( See No. 20. ) Chimney stacks . No. 60 . The walls of . . . . . to be Rough coping . finished with a top course of large rough stones , partially hammer- dressed to a circular top edge or saddle back ; bedded on their flat ...
... described . ( See No. 20. ) Chimney stacks . No. 60 . The walls of . . . . . to be Rough coping . finished with a top course of large rough stones , partially hammer- dressed to a circular top edge or saddle back ; bedded on their flat ...
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