Recent cotton mill construction and engineering (1894)
Nasmith, Joseph · London : J. Heywood · leaf 22
were two or three feethigher than those detailed, but it is now the prac-tice to go in for a moderate height which, while per- 19 mitting the proper lightiug of the rooms, does uotentail an excessive cubic capacity. The columns which are usually employed inmill construction are generally similar to… … Fig. 3. Fig. 4. foundation stone. The plate has a socket boredat the bottom for the reception of the turned endof the column, and a raised cross is formed on thetop of the plate fitting into the socket of the column,and turned on the ends of its arms to size, sothat the column is kept quite steady,…
Textile factories -- Design and construction · Cotton manufacture · Cotton machinery
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