Architectural engineering. With special reference to high building construction, including many examples of Chicago office buildings (1895)
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t thecentre of the span to give them a uniform sag. The fillingconsists of five parts by weight of plaster of Paris, and onepart of wood shavings, mixed with sufficient water to bringthe mass to the consistency of a thin paste. This filling islaid on a level centering, as in the previous type. The… … Fig. 37. wires as before, while the ceiling-plate is made of the samecomposition, but with flat bars embedded therein, restingon the lower flanges of the I beams. Tests of this flooring under static loads have been madeas follows: Distancebetween Beams,Centre to Centre. ClearSpan be-tweenFlanges.…
Building, Iron and steel
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