Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)
Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 19
f to one-third as thick and as heavy as any other. Hence, there was a saving in concrete and in structural work. The two patents, which ]\Ir. Brown took out, covered the shape of the reinforcing material and the method of forming it. This reinforcing material, which we now call "ferroinclave," is a… … Fig. I. Section of Complkte Roofing. inner portion about ^ inch wider than the outer. Fig. i is a section of a ferroinclave sheet, which is coated with concrete to the thick- ness used in the majority of roof constructions. Of course, the sheets had to be so formed that they would fit into each…
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