THE INDEX 



527 



of sidewalks (ill.), 146; construc- 

 tion of wall forms (ill.), 146; 

 curing, 148; designation by vol- 

 ume, 136 ff. ; equipment used 

 in (ill.), 144; fencepost gang- 

 molds (ill.), 147; finish of, 152 

 ff. ; footing construction (ill.), 

 145; for silo construction, 346 f., 

 368; for wells, 363; forms for, 

 145; freezing, 148 f. ; lean mix- 

 ture of, 129; measuring, 140; 

 mechanical mixers for, 142; 

 mixing boxes (ill.), 140; mixing 

 of, 140 ff.; mixing platform (ill.), 

 141, 143; mixture, 136 ff.; 

 placing, 147 f.; pouring, 147; 

 prevention of cracks in, 149, 

 150; regaging, 148; reinforced 

 beam made of (ill.), 151; rein- 

 forcement of, 151; removal of 

 forms, 149; rich mixture, 130 

 spading, 154; strength of, 151 f. 

 table of mixtures for, 138 f. 

 terms and definitions, 129 f. 

 wall section, 150; waterproofing, 

 150; weight of, 145 



Condenser, 448 



Conifers, 106, 123 f. 



Conservation of lumber-produc- 

 ing trees, 127 



Construction, material of. See 

 Building materials; Concrete; 

 Wood 



Convection, 402 ff. 



Cooling systems for gas engines: 

 air, 518 f.; in winter, 519 f.; 

 oil, 519; water, 519 



Copal, 171 



Corn cribs, 324, 349 f . ; plan for 

 combined corn crib and gran- 

 ary (ill.), 350 



Corners: as evidence in resurveys, 

 96 f., 104; closing, 89; original, 

 96, 98; meander, 94; preserva- 

 tion of, 98 f., 105; section, 95 f. 



Cotton, 30 f . 



Cottonwood, 229 



Cracking point of oil gas, 425 



Crane, E. C, 129 



Crank shafts, 511 ff. 



Creeper, 354 



Creosote, 170; for preserving 

 wood fence posts, 229 



Crimper, 179 



Crop production : drainage _ in 

 relation to, 269, 273; growing 

 season for plants, 75; irriga- 

 tion in relation to, 248 ff.; rain- 

 fall as affecting, 76, 78 ff. ; 

 sunshine as affecting, 81; tem- 

 perature effects on, 75; water 

 required for, 80 ; wind as affect- 

 ing, 81 



Crops, roads in relation to trans- 

 porting, 198 



Curvature: convergency due to, 

 90; correction for, 87, 92 f. 



Cycle, 509 ff.; dead center, 514; 

 order of firing in multiple 

 cylinder engines, 514 



Cylinder, right, formula for area 

 of, 17 



Cylinders: for gas engines, 508 f.; 

 for pumps, 366 



Cypress, 106, 123, 126 



D & M lumber, 116 



Dairy, 357 f . 



Dams, 262, 263 (ill.), 264 (ill.), 

 265 (ill.) 



Day, mean solar, 23 



Dead center, 514 



Deformation, 63, 68 f. 



Degrees, 20 



Denatured alcohol solution, freez- 

 ing points of, 520 



Desert Land Law, 102 



Detonator, 179 



Dining room, 330 



Direction: methods of deter- 

 mining, 24 ff. ; terms to express, 



23 



Disease, sanitary measures neces- 

 sary for combating, 384 ff. 



Displacement, 509 



Distance, methods of determining, 

 11 ff. 



Ditches, 253 ff., chap xiv, passim 

 (see also Drainage; Irrigation; 

 Tile); open, 278 ff.; tile, 381 ff. 



Dodge County, Minn., road costs 

 in, 215 



Doors, 310 



Draft, 198; point of attachment 

 as affecting, 199; position of 

 load as affecting, 198 f.; tire 

 width as affecting, 199 f.; wheel 

 diameter as affecting, 200 f . 



