Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . Pile-Work. estimated addition of one half for merchandise ^ve each pile& lo ul of 27,010 pounds. Ttic- ijuay was advanced 120 feet from the ori^nal wall. Sandand li^ravel were filled in behind the new wall, and the area waspaved. Molom Pile, In situations where piling cannotlip used to advantage, wrought or cast iron cylindershave been sunk vertically by digging
Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . Pile-Work. estimated addition of one half for merchandise ^ve each pile& lo ul of 27,010 pounds. Ttic- ijuay was advanced 120 feet from the ori^nal wall. Sandand li^ravel were filled in behind the new wall, and the area waspaved. Molom Pile, In situations where piling cannotlip used to advantage, wrought or cast iron cylindershave been sunk vertically by digging away the soilfrom below them, the workmen operating inside andsending the earth up the iron sliaft, which is like awell-curb. The water is pumped out as the work jiro-ceeils, and the sections of pipe are added from timetn time, being fastened together by Haiiges and plan has been frequently adopted in well-dig-ginc;. Tn the construction of the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, England,Rclman constructed his foundation* by sinking cast-iron cylin-ders in the manner stated, and filling them with a concreteotsani] and pozzuolana, w^iich made .^olid stone columns. In the foundations of the Town Pier, Gravesend. England,erect
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