Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 404
extent. If iron is used, it should be well protected from air or moisture, and also painted or galvan-ized, or it will rust, increase in bulk, and split the stones. All metals are liable to do the same,more or less, by their expansion and contraction under heat and cold. Doweled joints are…
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