INDEX 



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Boiling test, 218. 



Bolts, Wall forms with 



clamp, 338. 

 Bond and shear, 300. 

 Brace for wall forms, 341. 

 Bray ton reinforcement, 280. 

 Brick facing, 327. 



masonry, Crushing 



strength of, 288. 

 Briquet, Form for, 217. 



Methods of making a, 218. 



Storage of, 218. 



Table of tensile strength 



of a cement, 221. 

 Building details, 322. 



laws, 357. 



material, Strength of, 124. 



material, Table of weight 



of, 59. 

 Built-up section, 98. 



C 



Calcareous sand, 197. 

 Calcination, 192. 

 Cantilever foundations, 318. 

 Capacity, Measure of, 5. 

 Carlin cube mixers, 347. 

 Cast-iron column, Wood and, 



179. 



-iron columns, 183. 

 -iron columns, Dimensions 

 of standard connections 

 to, 190. 

 -iron columns, Safe load 



on, 188. 

 Cement, 194. 



Accelerated test for, 213. 

 Accelerated tests for 



soundness of, 360. 

 and sand, 192. 

 Apparatus for fineness test 



for, 223. 

 Apparatus for specific - 



gravity tests on, 225. 

 Boiling test for, 213. 

 briquet, Form for, 217. 

 briquet, Methods of 



making, 218. 

 briquets, Storage of, 218. 

 briquets, Table of tensile 

 strength of, 221. 



Cement, Chemical analysis 



of, 229. 

 Constancy of volume of, 



229. 



Fineness of, 229. 

 for waterproofing, 344. 

 Hard set of, 222. 

 Improved, 195. 

 Initial set of, 222. 

 Inspection of, 229. 

 mortar, Materials required 



per cubic yard of, 203. 

 Measurement of expan- 

 sion of, 211. 



Method of making fine- 

 ness test on, 224. 

 Method of making specific - 



gravity test on, 226. 

 Mixed, 195. 

 Molds for, 218. 

 mortar, 201. 

 mortar, Table of tensile 



strength of, 204. 

 -mortar tests , Sand for, 2 1 7 . 

 mortars, Lime and, 199. 

 Natural, 194. 

 Normal consistency of, 



216. 



Normal test of, 211. 

 Packages for, 228. 

 Portland, 194. 

 Properties of, 195. 

 Protection of, 229. 

 Puzzolan, 194. 

 Results of tests for sound- 

 ness of. 215. 

 Results of time of setting 



tests on, 223. 

 Sand, 195. 



Secondary tests for, 221. 

 Set of, 229. 

 Slag, 195. 



specifications, 227, 367. 

 Steam test for, 214. 

 Table of requirements of 



high-grade, 228. 

 -testing machine, 219. 

 Tests for fineness of, 223. 

 Tests for specific gravity 



of, 225. 



Tests for tensile strength 

 of, 215. 



