Plain Concrete for Farm Use
by T. A. H. Miller
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Language: English
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About this eBook
- Author
- Miller, T. A. H. (Thomas Arrington Huntington), 1885-1949
- Credits
- Produced by Tom Cosmas compiled from images made available by The Internet Archive.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TH: Technology: Building construction
- Subject
- Concrete
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 59379
- Release Date
- April 28, 2019
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.PLAIN CONCRETE FOR FARM USE.
- 2.T. A. H. Miller ,
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.INTRODUCTION.
- 5.MATERIALS. — CEMENT. — STORING. — FINE AGGREGATE (SAND). — COARSE AGGREGATE (STONE, GRAVEL, ETC.). — GRAVEL. — BROKEN STONE. — BANK-RUN GRAVEL. — SUBSTITUTES FOR GRAVEL OR STONE. — CINDERS. — LAVA ROCK. — WATER.
- 6.PROPORTIONING THE MATERIALS. — ARBITRARY MIXTURES.
- 7.QUANTITIES OF MATERIALS REQUIRED.
- 8.CONSISTENCY.
- 9.ESTIMATING. — ESTIMATING CONCRETE.
- 10.FORMS. — WOOD FORMS. — METAL FORMS. — REMOVAL OF FORMS. — BUILDING AND SETTING FORMS.
- 11.MIXING. — PREPARATION OF PLANT. — NUMBER OF MEN. — MACHINE MIXING. — HAND MIXING. — DIRECTIONS FOR HAND MIXING.
- 12.PLACING. — PLACING CONCRETE. — PLACING UNDER WATER.
- 13.CARE OF CONCRETE.
- 14.PROTECTION FROM FREEZING WEATHER. — CONCRETING IN FREEZING WEATHER. — THE USE OF SALT. — THE USE OF HEAT. — HEATING MATERIALS.
- 15.CONTRACTION AND EXPANSION JOINTS.
- 16.LINTELS.
- 17.SURFACE FINISH.
- 18.CONCRETE EXPOSED TO FIRE.
- 19.WATER-TIGHT CONCRETE. — ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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