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Hints to young architects, comprising advice to those who, while yet at school, are destined to the profession, to such as, having passed their pupilage, are about to travel and to those who, having completed their education, are about to practise, together with a model specification involving a great variety of instructive and suggestive matter (1887)

Wightwick, George · London, Lockwood · leaf 130

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ll ofrectangular section supporting a bank of earth of thesame height. Let 10 be the weight of earth ; 0 its angle of repose or natural slope; - the ratio of lateral to verticalp pressure of the layers of earth ; h = height of wall,ID = its weight; and q =■ ratio of intended deviationof centre of… … Fiff. 28. h ^ \Qqwpr ^8 A 3 ^ \wp^ In a reservoir wall The masonryor brickwork ofretaining wallsshould be di-minished by steps,the diminutionbeing filled withsolid material ofequal weight. Theface of the wallshould be battered (straight or curved). Table of Natural Slopes of Earth. Angle of repose…

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