. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . hin body between the concreteand the sound to get this condition. A simple linoleum placed upon thefloor of a concrete building is sufficient to insure perfect deadness to is impossible to obtain in a frame structure. However, care must betaken to avoid cement or brick floors placed directly over reinforced concretefloor-beams, for the change of medium in this case will transmit sound andcounteract the good effects of the concrete. There is no reinforced concreteconstruction that cannot be made sound-proof with a littl
. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . hin body between the concreteand the sound to get this condition. A simple linoleum placed upon thefloor of a concrete building is sufficient to insure perfect deadness to is impossible to obtain in a frame structure. However, care must betaken to avoid cement or brick floors placed directly over reinforced concretefloor-beams, for the change of medium in this case will transmit sound andcounteract the good effects of the concrete. There is no reinforced concreteconstruction that cannot be made sound-proof with a little care and the other hand, it is impossible to reach complete deadness to sound inconstruction where the metal is the predominating element. Iron transmitssound so perfectly that it is next to impossible to reach the desired effectas can be done in reinforced concrete.—Le Ciment Armee. The Architect imd Engineer 41 1 % Iff v^vmuUig^V •H; *—» -. ? Quaint Design for Country Hotel, by E, B. SeelyRendered by Reynolds & OBrien, Son Francisco. . en iDesigned by Reynolds & OBrien, San Fran, The Architect ami Engineer
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