Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work ... (1907)
American School of Correspondence · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 330
Yhat distance should the piles be placed center to center length-wise of the wall ? • By calculation it is found that the wall contains 157^ cubic feetof masonry per running foot, and hence weighs 17,306 pounds. Theload from the floors which comes upon the v\-all is: From the 1st floor 1500 lb. … Fig. 15. StoneFooting. 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th roof 1380 13S0 790 720 720 240 Total 6730 lb. Hence the total weight of the wall and its load per running foot is 24,036 pounds. The load which one pile will support is, by Sanders rule 1200 X 240 —^ .. = 36,000 pounds. By Trautwines rule, using a factor…
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