Adams, Henry · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 149
) The safe load in tension on— Brickwork in cement (fresh) ... 3 tons per ft. sup. „ 6 months old . „ lias mortar (fresh) „ „ 6 months old „ grey lime mortar (fresh) „ „ 6 months old . , The pressure on foundations should not as a rule exceed for Gravel and compact earth 2 tons per sq. ft. Ordinary… … A>^ 42/ f^ig*2l wall, as Fig. 421, subject only to its own weight will produce a uniform Wpressure on the base = -j-, as shown by the ordinates, or where the weight per cub. ft. iv and the height h are given, the intensity of thepressure will be = wh. If, however, a horizontal force acts against…
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