Rudiments of the art of building : represented in five sections [...] for the use of architects, builders, draghtsmen, machinists, engineers and mechanics (1853)
Bullock, John · New York : Stringer & Townsend · leaf 40
out (see fig. 8,) and the earth wellpunned in layers inclined/ro?^^ the wall, the pressure will bevery trifling, provided only that attention be paid to surfaceand back drainage. If, on the other hand, the bank be tip-ped in the usual manner in layers sloping towards the wall,the full pressure of… … the earth, 5, we shall have TV will be directly as the breadth AC^the height being constant; and theinclination of B C remaining con-stant, but the height varying,^ theweight will be as the square of theheight. If, therefore, we call theweight of the prism ABC, W,the breadth AC, 6, the heightAB, h,…
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