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with the Brooklyn Bridge Experiments made by Mr. Tscharner Hold- 

 in.ir power of spikes Wire-rope fastenings Clay suitable for puddle 

 1'uddling bottoms of basins Boring Surface friction on cylinder founda- 

 tions Experiments made by Messrs. Griber and Balzano Surface friction 

 on piles Resistance of different materials to horizontal stress Sheet-' 

 piling Increase in resistance of piles duo to quiescence Displacement 

 of ground by piling Composite piling Screw-piles Screw-piling in 

 unstable ground Load on piles Defective pile-heads Water-jet in pile- 

 dming Water-jet in cylinder sinking Testing stability of ground 

 Pressure on ground under dock-floors Equipment Bollards and wharf- 

 moorings 376 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES 409 



INDEX. .421 





