190 



Masonry, crushing height of, 



table, 82. 

 Materials required for 1 cu. yd. 



of rammed concrete, table, 



108. 



Measure, table of linear, 134. 

 Mercantile buildings, thickness 



of walls for, table, 160. 

 Merchandise, weight of, table 



on, 167. 

 Mixing, continuous, effect on 



mortars, table, 181. 

 Mixtures for concrete, formulae 



for proportioning, 107. 

 Mixtures, percentage of water 



for standard, table, 128. 

 Modulus of elasticity of con- 

 crete, tables, 36, 37. 



Nails and spikes, table on cut 

 steel, 178. 



Natural cement, specifications 

 for, 120. 



Negative moments, rule for de- 

 termining, 67. 



Neutral axis of reinforced con- 

 crete slabs, 56. 



Normal consistency of cement, 

 126. 



Open-hearth basic steel, table of 

 characteristics, 180. 



Partitions, weights of terra cotta 



table, 182. 

 Piles, safe load in tons for 



table, 163. 



Plain rods, cost of, table, 93. 

 Plaster wall, rupe for, 102. 

 Plant, cost of, 100. 



Portland cement, area covered 



by 1 barrel of, table on, 102. 



concrete, safe strength in 



compression, table on, 39. 

 effect of continuous mixing 



of, 181. 

 relative economy of, tables on, 



42. 



specifications for, 120. 

 Posts, safe load for, tables on, 



20, 21, 22, 23. 

 Power transmission by wire 



ropes, table on, 176. 

 Preparing, wheeling and placing 



concrete, cost of, 95. 

 .Pressures for different heads of 



vater, tables on, 157, 158. 

 Price of concrete, table on de- 

 termining, 95. 

 Prices of natural and Portland 



cement, table on, 41. 

 Prices of steel reinforcement, 



93. 

 Proportioning concrete, 105, 106, 



107. 



Fuller's rule for, 106. 

 mixtures for concrete^ for- 

 mula for, 107. 

 Proportions of ingredients, 

 table on, 95, 112. 



Rammed concrete, materials for 

 1 cu. yd., table, 108. 



Ransome bars, table on, 77. 



Ransome coil coupling, table on, 

 76. 



Ransome system, formulae used 

 in, 67. 



Regrinding coarse particles, 

 table on effect of, 45. 



Reinforced concrete, nuetral axis 

 of slabs of, 56. 



Reinforced concrete specifica- 

 tions for, 114, 116. 



Reinforcement, prices of steel, 



93. 

 systems of, 7. 



