INDEX 



Valves, Table of coefficients 

 for, 363 



Velocity head, 352 



Vernal equinox, 139 



Vernier, The, 41 

 Transit, 42 



Vertical circle, 140 



curves in railroad location, 

 230 



Viscous liquid, 341 



Volume in earthwork, Com- 

 putation of, 199 



W 



Water supply, Pipe system 



for, 372 

 Web stresses in reinforced- 



concrete beam, 328 

 Wedge, 16 

 Weight of rail for trackwork, 



Required, 234 

 of rails required per mile 



of track, Table of, 236 

 Weighted measurements, 



135 



Weights and dimensions of 

 standard rails, Table of, 

 235 

 and measures, Tables of, 



1 to 8 

 Weir, Crest of, 353 



Discharge of triangular, 355 

 Triangular, 355 

 Weirs, 353 



Wetted perimeter of a cross- 

 section of a channel, 356 

 Wood-block pavements, 404- 

 Wooden columns, Formula 



for, 300 



-stave pipes, 378 

 Woods, Table of ultimate 



strength of, 278 

 Work, Definition of mechan- 

 ical, 258 



Working stress, 280 

 Wye/Jevel, Adjustment of, 76 

 level, The, 74 

 Z 



Zenith, 140 



Zero tangent, Laying out a 

 curve by method of, 163 



