Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association, Volume 18

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Page 899 - ... and the excess paste at the smaller end sliced off at the top of the ring by a single oblique stroke of a...
Page 898 - ... non-absorbent surface, thoroughly mixed dry if sand is used, and a crater formed in the center, into which the proper percentage of clean water shall be poured; the material on the outer edge shall be turned into the crater by the aid of a trowel. After an interval of...
Page 20 - This term shall be applied to the finely pulverized product resulting from the calcination of an argillaceous limestone at a temperature only sufficient to drive off the carbonic acid gas.
Page 5 - OF THE American Society of Civil Engineers American Society for Testing Materials American Railway Engineering Association American Concrete Institute Portland Cement Association Submitted to Constituent Organizations June 4, 1921 PREFACE. The Joint Committee on Standard Specifications for Concrete and Reinforced Concrete...
Page 19 - Portland cement is the product obtained by finely pulverizing clinker produced by calcining to incipient fusion an intimate and properly proportioned mixture of argillaceous and calcareous materials, with no additions subsequent to calcination excepting water and calcined or uncalcined gypsum.
Page 898 - The dry materials shall be weighed, placed upon a non-absorbent surface, thoroughly mixed dry if sand is used, and a crater formed in the center, into which the proper percentage of clean water shall be poured; the material on the outer edge shall be turned into the crater by the aid of a trowel. After an...
Page 899 - Paragraph 58, and quickly formed into a ball with the hands, completing the operation by tossing it six times from one hand to the other, maintained 6 ins.
Page 13 - Cement, representing the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society for Testing Materials, and the United States Government.
Page 22 - Offices. 7. (a) A vacancy in the office of President shall be filled by the First Vice-President.
Page 1269 - ... thermometer shall be finished at the top with a small glass ring or button suitable for attaching a tag. Each thermometer shall have for identification the maker's name, a serial number, and the letters

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