Ancient and modern engineering and the Isthmian canal (1903)
Burr, William H. (William Hubert), 1851-1934 · New York, J. Wiley & Sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 315
289 AIR AND WATER CAPACITIES. the horizontal line at the bottom of the diagram. Both air and water capacities for each sand are shown by the various numbered lines partially vertical and partially inclined. It will be observed that the fine sands No. 2 and No. 4 have large water capacities, the… … PER CENT BY VOLUME Fig. 6. that part of the diagram lying below and to the left of each line. It will be noticed that No. 5 sand is made up of ap- proximately equal portions of fine and coarse grains, the former largely filling the voids between the latter. This mixture, as shown by the No. 5 line,…
Civil engineering · Canals, Interoceanic
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