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The Steam Engine Catechism; A Series of Direct Practical Answers to Direct Practical Questions, Mainly Intended for Young Engineers, and for Examination Questions


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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: FOUNDATIONS. Q. What is the easiest bottom on which to build a foundation ? A. Rock; the next easiest, what may be called a general bottom. Q. What is the first thing to be done on a general bottom ? A. Dig out about H feet below the engine foundation proper, level it off, sprinkle with water, and tamp with a rammer; then fill in 3 inches of gravel and ram that, and so on by 3-inch layers well rammed, until the 18 inches are filled. Q. What should be the dimensions of this gravel bed ? A. About 2 to 3 feet larger each way than the area of the foundation proper. Q. What follows the gravel bed? A. Brick courses, say five layers, battered up to the dimensions of the foundations proper. Q. What is the most unfavorable kind of bottom ? A. Quicksand. Q. How may this be handled ? A. By driving down small stones by a 2- ton rammer, falling 10 to 25 feet. Q. Is there any other way ? A. Yes; the most common way is to drive in sheet piling around where you want to dig, driving down further as you dig down; and to put in a bed of concrete made with hydraulic cement, and brick bats or broken stone. Q. Why not use crib work ? A. If one side or corner goes down it carries the rest with it. Q. What is the best mortar to use in brick-work for engine foundations ? A. Cement and sharp sand, equal parts. Q. Should any special provision be made for the foot pieces of the engine (if there should be such foot pieces instead of a continuous box bed) to rest on ? A. It is well to provide special granite bearing pieces for these foot pieces, as well as for the foundation bolts. Q. What arrangement should be made to ensure the proper position of all bolt holes ? A. A wooden templet of boards 6x1 inches, with all bolt holes made ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781458906298
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 44
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1458906299
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 95 gr


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