The Architect's and Builder's Pocket-book of Mensuration, Geometry ...: Strength and Stability of Foundations ... Etc ... Statistics and Tables Relating to Carpentry, Masonry, Drainage ... Etc

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Wiley, 1892 - 911 Seiten
 

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Seite 26 - Square Measure 144 square inches = 1 square foot 9 square feet = 1 square yard...
Seite 4 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Seite 125 - Force is that which changes, or tends to change, the state of rest or motion of the body acted upon.
Seite 679 - Must have a switch and a cut-out for each wire between the underground conductors and the interior wiring when the two parts of the wiring are connected. These "switches and fuses must be placed as near as possible to the end of the underground conduit, and connected therewith by specially insulated conductors, kept apart not less than two and a half inches.
Seite 681 - ... b. Must not be placed in the immediate vicinity of easily ignitible stuff or where exposed to inflammable gases or dust or to flyings of combustible material.
Seite 679 - Must be so placed in wet places that an air space will be left between conductors and pipes in crossing, and the former must be run in such a way that they cannot come in contact with the pipe accidentally. Wires should be run over, rather than under, pipes upon which moisture is likely to gather or which, by leaking, might cause trouble on a circuit.
Seite 684 - No combination fixture in which the conductors are concealed in a space less than one-fourth inch between the inside pipe and the outside casing will be approved. e. Must be tested for "contacts...
Seite 38 - A Sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Seite 720 - Multiply the diameter of the driver by number of its revolutions, and divide the product by the diameter of the driven, the quotient will be the number of revolutions of the driven.
Seite 675 - Architects are urged, when drawing plans and specifications, to make provision for the channeling and pocketing of buildings, for electric light or power wires, and...

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