The Architects' and Builders' Pocket-book: A Handbook for Architects, Structural Engineers, Builders and Draughtmen

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John Wiley & Sons, 1915 - 1816 pages
 

Contents

PROBLEMS
66
ORDS
90
TION
124
GEOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
130
INVESTIGATION OF THE SITE
143
LOADINGTESTS
145
TOPOGRAPHICAL AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS
146
LOADS COMING ON THE FOOTINGS
148
ASSUMED LOADS SPECIFIED BY BUILDING CODES
151
PROPORTIONING SUPPORTING AREAS FOR EQUAL SETTLEMENT
152
DETERMINING THE SUPPORTING AREAS
160
OFFSET FOOTINGS
163
THE USE OF CANTILEVERS IN FOUNDATIONS
165
STRESSES IN FOOTING COURSES
169
METHODS OF CALCULATING BENDINGSTRESSES IN WALLFOOTINGS
172
BENDING MOMENTS IN FOOTINGS OF COLUMNS AND PIERS
176
DESIGN OF THE FOOTINGS
178
STEEL GRILLAGES IN FOUNDATIONS
181
REINFORCEDCONCRETE FOOTINGS 25 TIMBER FOOTINGS FOR TEMPORARY BUILDINGS
186
GENERAL CONDITIONS AFFECTING FOUNDATIONS AND FOOTINGS 27 WOODENPILE FOUNDATIONS
188
CONCRETEPILE FOUNDATIONS
196
FOUNDATION PIERS AND FOUNDATION WALLS 30 METHODS OF EXCAVATING FOR FOUNDATIONS
200
PROTECTION OF ADJOINING STRUCTURES
214
CHAPTER III
223
CELLAR WALLS AND BASEMENT WALLS
228
WALLS OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE
233
NATURAL CEMENTS
235
ARTIFICIAL CEMENTS
236
CONCRETE
240
CHAPTER IV
252
RETAININGWALLS 3 BREASTWALLS 4 VAULTWALLS
254
CRUSHING STRENGTH OF STONEWORK BRICKWORK BRICKS ETC 26
265
STRENGTH OF TERRACOTTA AND TERRACOTTA PIERS
276
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF MORTARS AND CONCRETES
282
CHAPTER VI
288
CHAPTER VII
297
CHAPTER VIII
305
GRAPHICAL DETERMINATION OF THE STABILITY OF ARCHES
311
CHAPTER X
332
CHAPTER XI
375
STRENGTH OF PINS IN TRUSSES
423
STRENGTH OF BOLTS IN WOODEN TRUSSES AND GIRDERS
429
CHAPTER XIII
440
CHAPTER XIV
448
METAL CAPS AND BOLSTERS FOR WOODEN COLUMNS
454
TABLES OF SAFE LOADS FOR CASTIRON COLUMNS EXAMPLES
461
TYPES FORMS AND CONNECTIONS OF STEEL COLUMNS
467
TABLES OF SAFE LOADS FOR STEEL COLUMNS
488
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE FLEXURE OF BEAMS
555
CHAPTER XVI
620
CHAPTER XVIII
663
STRENGTH AND STIFFNESS OF CONTINUOUS
671
CONTINUOUS GIRDERS IN GRILLAGE FOUNDATIONS
678
EXPLANATION OF TABLES
688
TABLES USED IN THE DESIGN OF PLATE AND BOX GIRDERS
702
CHAPTER XXI
717
DETERMINATION OF SIZES OF JOISTS BEAMS OR GIRDERS
724
SAFE LOADS FOR PLANK FLOORING
730
TABLES FOR MAXIMUM SPANS FOR FLOORJOISTS
737
DETERMINATION OF STRENGTH OF AN EXISTING FLOOR
747
COMPARATIVE STRENGTHS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF JOISTHANGERS
756
WOODEN MILL AND WAREHOUSE CONSTRUCTION BY A P STRADLING MANAGER PHILADELPHIA SUBURBAN UNDERWRITERS ASS...
758
WHAT MILLCONSTRUCTION IS 3 WHAT MILLCONSTRUCTION IS
759
STANDARD MILLCONSTRUCTION
760
BELTS STAIRWAYS AND ELEVATORTOWERS
764
STANDARD STOREHOUSECONSTRUCTION
765
EXAMPLE OF ONESTORY WORKSHOP
769
SAWTOOTH ROOFCONSTRUCTION
772
MILLCONSTRUCTION AS APPLIED TO WAREHOUSES
777
STEEL AND IRON STRUCTURAL MEMBERS IN WAREHOUSECONSTRUCTION
780
STRUCTURAL DETAILS OF MILLCONSTRUCTION AS APPLIED TO FACTORIES AND WAREHOUSES
782
CONNECTION OF FLOORBEAMS AND GIRDERS
789
WALLSUPPORTS AND ANCHORS FOR JOISTS AND GIRDERS
792
WEAKNESS OF WROUGHTIRON STIRRUPS WHEN EXPOSED TO FIRE
794
POST AND GIRDERCONNECTIONS 16 FORM AND MATERIAL OF POSTCAPS
795
ROOFINGMATERIALS
800
PARTITIONS 19 DOORS AND SHUTTERS 20 FIREPROTECTION
801
COST OF MILLS AND FACTORIES BUILT ON THE SLOWBURNING PRINCIPLE
802
COST OF BRICK MILLBUILDINGS OF SLOWBURNING CONSTRUCTION
808
CHAPTER XXIII
811
FIRERESISTANCE OF MATERIALS
814
CHAPTER XXIV
911
MATERIALS USED IN REINFORCEDCONCRETE CONSTRUCTION
912
DESIGN OF REINFORCEDCONCRETE CONSTRUCTION
933
TYPES OF REINFORCEDCONCRETE CONSTRUCTION
951
FIRERESISTANCE OF REINFORCEDCONCRETE CONSTRUCTION
956
PROTECTION AGAINST CORROSION IN REINFORCEDConcrete CONSTRUCTION
960
ERECTION OF REINFORCEDCONCRETE CONSTRUCTION
962
CHAPTER XXV
968
DESIGN OF FLOOR SYSTEM
971
DESIGN OF SPANDREL BEAMS
975
COLUMNS AND PIERS
977
FOUNDATIONS AND FOOTINGS
978
STAIRDESIGN
983
DIAGRAMS AND FORMULAS FOR BEAMS AND SLABS
984
GIRDERLESS FLOORS
993
CHAPTER XXVI
998
TYPES OF STEEL TRUSSES
1025
ARCHED TRUSSES
1035
CANTILEVER TRUSSES
1043
CHAPTER XXVII
1046
EXAMPLES OF THE COMPUTATION OF ROOFLOADS
1054
ROOFLOADS DATA WEIGHTS MATERIALS METHODS
1058
EXAMPLES SHOWING USE OF TABLES IN STRESSCOMPUTATIONS
1065
DETERMINATION OF WINDLOAD STRESSES
1109
TRUSSES WITH KNEEBRACES
1116
ARCHED TRUSSES
1118
TRUSSED ARCHES
1121
ARCHES WITH SOLID RIBS
1132
INFLUENCELINES FOR SIMPLE BEAMS AND TRUSSES
1134
DESIGN OF STEEL TRUSSES
1145
JOINTS OF STEEL TRUSSES
1160
PURLINS AND PURLINCONNECTIONS
1169
COMPUTATION OF WINDSTRESSES
1176
COMBINATION OF DEAD AND LIVE LOADS WITH WINDLOADS
1183
PART III
1195
SYSTEMS OF HEATING
1211
THE VACUUM SYSTEMS OF HEATING
1233
HEAT FROM RADIATING SURFACE
1240
FURNACEHEATING
1251
SPECIFICATIONS FOR STEAMHEATING
1262
SMOKEPREVENTION
1276
CHIMNEYS FOR POWERPLANTS
1286
HYDRAULICS PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE
1295
PRIVATE WATERSUPPLY PUMPS
1304
FIRESTREAMS
1311
PLUMBING DEFINITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
1321
PLUMBING SPECIALTIES
1334
ILLUMINATINGGAS
1345
HEAD OF APPLIED SCIENCE DEPARTMENT WENTWORTH INSTITUTE
1351
STANDARD SYMBOLS FOR GASPIPING PLANS
1359
ILLUMINATIONCONSTANTS
1365
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AND DEFINITIONS
1371
ELECTRICLIGHTING SYSTEMS COMMONLY USED FOR SUPPLYING THE ELECTRICAL
1378
EXAMPLE OF WIRING
1390
SPECIFICATIONS FOR INTERIOR WIRING
1396
COEFFICIENTS OF ABSORPTION
1402
PHOTOGRAPHING AIR DISTURBANCES
1409
WIREGAUGES AND METALGAUGES
1423
NAILS AND SCREWS
1443
DATA ON EXCAVATING
1450
SAND AND GRAVEL
1467
BUILDING PAPERS BUILDING FELTS AND QUILTS
1478
WINDOWGLASS AND GLAZING
1487
MEMORANDA ON ROOFING
1495
MEMORANDA ON TILING
1518
DATA ON STRUCTURAL STEEL
1524
QUANTITY SYSTEM OF ESTIMATING
1555
ELEVATOR SERVICE IN BUILDINGS
1579
MAILCHUTES
1597
TOWERCLOCKS
1615
LIGHTNINGCONDUCTORS
1624
FORCE OF THE WIND
1637
CHAINBLOCKS
1643
ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITIONS
1652
STANDARD DOCUMENTS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS
1667
ARCHITECTS LICENSE LAW STATE OF ILLINOIS
1685
ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETIES
1696
LIST OF VALUABLE BOOKS FOR ARCHITECTS
1703
PERIODICALS DEVOTED TO ARCHITECTURE
1710
ARCHITECTURAL TERMS USED IN LAW
1768
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Page 8 - 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.
Page 388 - Material which is to be used without annealing or further treatment shall be tested in the condition in which it comes from the rolls.
Page 915 - A third pat is exposed in any convenient way in an atmosphere of steam, above boiling water, in a loosely closed vessel for five hours.
Page 914 - No. 100, and not more than 25 per cent on the No. 200 sieve. TIME OF SETTING. It shall develop initial set in not less than thirty minutes, but must develop hard set in not less than one hour, nor more than ten hours.
Page 915 - Pats of neat cement about three inches in diameter, one-half inch thick at the center, and tapering to a thin edge, shall be kept in moist air for a period of twenty-four hours.
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