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INDEX 



Q. 



Quantities, estimating, 278-286 



,, of cement and sand required for 



pointing brickwork, 279 

 „ of materials for cement concrete 



floor, 279, 230 

 „ „ for cement mortar 



or plaster, 135, 

 282, 283 

 „ ., for circular sheep 



dipping tank, 258, 

 257 

 „ „ for lime mortar for 



brickwork, 278, 279 

 ., ,, for lime mortar for 



plastering, 278, 279 

 »> „ for lime mortar for 



pointing, 278, 279 

 ii i> for lime mortar for 



rubble masonry, 

 278, 279 

 ,, for paint, 110, 111 



,, „ for reinforced con- 



crete cattle dip- 

 ping tank, 243, 244 

 j. ;, for reinforced con- 



crete silo, 228, 230- 

 282 

 ?9 ,, for reinforced con- 



crete tank or reser- 

 voir, 234 

 i? > 5 for small cottage, 



287, 283 

 „ of timber, corrugated iron, etc., 



283 

 Quantity of cement required for laying 

 bricks, 283 

 ,, of lime mortar required for laying 



bricks, 278 

 >» » „ required for plas- 



tering, 279 

 Queen closer, definition of, 26 

 Queen-post, definition of, 58 

 Quoins in English bond, 27-29 



„ in English garden or Colonial bond, 

 31 



R. 



Racking-back brickwork, 25 



Rafters, sizes of, for flat or lean-to roofs, 55 



Rain-water down pipes, 63 



„ „ guttering, 63 

 Re-distempering, 113 

 Reed sub-stratum, 64, 319-320 

 Reinforced concrete, 136-139 



Reinforced concrete cattle dipping tank. 

 See under Cattle 

 Dipping Tank in Re- 

 inforced Concrete. 

 „ „ fencing posts and fenc- 



ing, 139-146 

 lintels, 45, 46, 295 

 ,, ,, lintels, specification for, 



45, 46, 295 

 „ ., object of reinforcement, 



136, 137 

 ,, ,. semi - reinforcement, 



235 

 „ „ silo, calculation of hori- 



zontal bars (hoops) 

 for, 307, 308 

 ., ;; silo, calculation of quan- 



tities of cement, sand, 

 and stone for, 280, 282 

 „ „ silos, 216-228. See 



under Silos in Re- 

 inforced Concrete. 

 ,. ,, stall divisions for cow- 



byres, 161, 162 

 „ ,, tank or reservoir, 229- 



234 

 ., „ tank or reservoir, design 



of, 308-312 

 „ ,, tank or reservoir, ma- 



terials for, 234 

 j, ,, tank or reservoir, 



moulds or forms for, 

 231-233 

 ,, ,, types of reinforcement, 



137, 138 

 Rendering flues, 52 



Reservoir in reinforced concrete, 229-234 

 Rim lock, 95-97 



Roof-flaps for cattle dipping tank, 242 

 Roof for circular silo, 225-228 

 ,, for square silo, 211 

 ,, gabled, definition of, 55 

 ,, hipped, definition of, 55 

 ,, pavilion, definition of, 56 

 ,, plates, specification for, 297 

 „ ridging, 61, 298 

 „ specification for, 297, 298 

 ,, truss, definition of, 56 

 „ trusses for different spans, 5C-69, 323- 



325 

 ,, ,, notes on erection of, 58, 59 

 „ ,, remarks on, 56 

 ,, ,, terms used in connection with, 56 

 Roofs and roofing details, 53 -65 

 „ double-slope, 55-59 

 ,, for cow-byres, 155 



for piggeries, 19S 

 „ intersection of, 65, 66 



