INDEX 



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Steel reinforcement defined, 



Parts of, 250. 

 reinforcement, Elements 



of, 248. 

 reinforcement of special 



construction, 255. 

 reinforcement, Structural 



shapes used for, 263. 

 reinforcement, Types of, 



254. 

 shapes, Properties of 



rolled, 146. 

 shapes, Properties of 



Structural, 148. 

 socket, Sheet-, 330. 

 Soft, or mild, 252. 

 Specifications for rein- 

 forcing, 368. 



T bars, Properties of, 164. 

 T rails, Properties and 

 ' dimensions of, 



principal 



Z bars, Properties of, 162. 

 Stirrup, 250. 



Stone and stone masonry, 

 Crushing strength of, 

 287. 



concrete, 230. 

 Storage of briquets, 218. 

 Straight column reinforce- 

 ment, 302. 

 Strain, Unit, 122. 

 Strain and stresses, 121. 

 Strength and impervious- 

 ness, Effect of, 234. 

 of brick masonry, 288. 

 of building material, 124. 

 of cement briquets, 



Table of tensile, 221. 

 of concrete, Compressive, 



233. 

 of concrete, Crushing, 



286. 



of concrete, Safe, 238. 

 of concrete, Table of 



transverse, 284. 

 of concrete, Table of 



ultimate, 241. 

 of metals, Table of ulti- 

 mate, 126. 



of stone and stone ma- 

 sonry, Crushing, 278. 



S|trength of various ma- 

 terials, Table of trans- 

 verse, 283. 



of wood, Ultimate, 128. 

 Tensile, 122. 

 Tests for tensile, 215. 

 tests, Result of tensile-, 



220. 



Ultimate, 124. 

 Stress, Compressive, 122. 

 Shearing, 122. 

 Unit, 122. 

 Stresses and strains, 121. 



of concrete, Working, 238. 

 String-courses, Terra-cotta, 



327. 

 Structural members, Design 



of concrete, 282. 

 shapes used for steel rein- 

 forcement, 263. 

 steel shapes, Properties of, 



148. 



Structures, Loads in, 56. 

 Suddenly applied load, 176. 

 Sullivan pressed steel plank 



holder, 340. 



Superficial method of water- 

 proofing, 344. 

 Surface, Measure of, 5. 

 of circular ring, 53. 

 of cone, 53. 

 of cylinder, 52. 

 of frustum of cone, 53. 

 of frustum of cylinder, 53. 

 of frustum of rectangular 



pyramid, 54. 

 of parallelepiped, Area of, 



55. 



of prism, 55. 

 of rectangular pyramid, 



54. 



of sphere, 53. 

 Surveyor's measure, 1. 



square measure, 2. 

 Sylvester process of water- 

 proofing, 343. 

 System, Metric, 4. 



T bars, Properties of, 164. 

 beams, Concrete, 298. 



