INDEX 



Meanrefractions.Tableof, 153 

 solar day, 141 

 solar time, 141 

 Measures, Tables of weights 



and, 1 to 8 

 Mechanics, 256 

 Mensuration, 9 

 Meridian, Celestial, 140 

 Determination of, 144, 147, 



150 



Magnetic, 35 

 Principal, 54 

 Reference, 54 

 Metric conversion tables, 6 



system, 5 

 Middle ordinate, 167 



ordinates for curving rails, 



Formula for, 238 

 ordinates for curving rails, 



Table of, 239 

 Modulus of elasticity, 275 

 of rupture, 294 

 of rupture of building stone, 



Table of, 304 



Moment, Definition of bend- 

 ing, 289 

 of forces, 260 

 of inertia, 265 

 of resistance, 269, 293 

 Moments of beams, Formulas 



for bending, 291 

 of inertia, Table of, 266 

 Mortar, Lime, 309 

 Natural-cement, 310 

 Portland-cement, 309 

 Strength of, 310 

 Table of materials required 



per cubic yard of, 309 

 Mountain time, 143 



N 



Natural cement, 306 

 -cement mortar, 310 

 roads, 396 

 slope of a material, 271 



O 



Offset, Spiral, 176 

 Oiled roads, 397 

 Ordinate, Middle, 167 

 Ordinates for curving rails, 

 Table of middle, 239 



Orienting plane-table, 108 

 Orifice, Flow of water through 

 standard, 352 



Pacific time, 143 

 Parallax, Correction for, 152 

 in altitude, Table of Sun's, 



152 

 Parallel of latitude, 138 



of latitude, Reference, 54 

 Parallelogram, 11 



of forces, 259 

 Parallelepiped, 17 

 Pascal's law in hydrostatics, 



345 



Pavement, Bitulithic, 408 

 of concrete highways, 



Grouted, 401 



of concrete highways, One- 

 course, 401 



of concrete highways, Two- 

 course, 401 



Pavements, Asphalt, 406 

 Brick, 405 

 City, 402 

 Stone, 403 

 Wood-block, 404 

 Piles, Supporting power of, 



337 

 Pipe, Discharge of, 351 



line, Weight of cast-iron, 



377 



Riveted steel, 378 

 staves, Table of dimensions 



of, 379 

 system for water supply, 



372 

 Pipes, Formula for flow of 



water in, 360 

 Formula for thickness of 



cast-iron, 377 

 Hydraulic table for cast- 

 iron, 364 to 372 

 Wooden-stave, 378 

 Plane table, Description of, 



107 



-table method of topo- 

 graphic surveying, 116 

 table, Orienting, 108 

 table, Plotting by intersec- 

 tion, 109 



