Architectural iron and steel : and its application in the construction of buildings, including beams and girders in floor construction, rolled iron struts, wrought and cast-iron columns, fire-proof columns, column connections, cast-iron lintels, roof trusses, stairways, elevator enclosures, ornamental iron, floor lights, and skylights, vault lights, doors, and shutters, window guards and grilles, etc., etc., with specification of ironwork and selected papers in relation to ironwork, from a revision of the present law before the legislature affecting public interests in the city of New York, in so far as the same regulates the construction of buildings in said city, tables selected expressly for this work, of the properties of beams, channels, tees and angles, used as beams, struts and columns, weights of iron and steel bars, capacity of tanks, areas of circles, weights of circular and square cast-iron columns, weights of substances, tables of squares, cubes, etc., weights of sheet copper, brass and iron, etc (1892)
Birkmire, Wm. H. (William Harvey), 1860-1924 · New York Wiley · leaf 162
twisted in a machine, and completed in aboutfifteen seconds, in one heat, without hammering. They are ofuniform strength and fitted to beams. The following sizesare commonly used: CHIMNEY CAP. 141 Size of Beam. 4 X 10 X 44 X 12 X 44 X 14 X 46 X 10 X 46 X 10 X 66^ X 12 X 4 Size of Iron 2 xr 2 xr 2… … 142 ARCHITECTURAL IRON AND STEEL. 2i8. Chimney Cap.—This cap is made of cast iron, \ inchthick if small and f inch thick if the chimney is larger than 4feet square. The outer lip of cap projects down, completelycovering the upper layers of brickwork and protecting themortar joints from the action…
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