Footings shall be of concrete, six inches square at
top and twelve inches at bottom. To be composed of one
part Portland cement, three parts charp, clean sand and
six parts of good clean gravel.
"Since the present power and heating plant was installed the number of buildings has increased so rapidly
that the present equipment is unable to supply the necessary power for the proposed electrical and mechanical
laboratories.
In this design it is assumed that Waldo and
Cauthorn halls are to be heated...
The rapid advance of concrete engineering in the
West has made necessary reliable information as to the
strength qualities of the most important marketable, sands
In the eastern states, theory and practice have advanced
hand in hand, by the investigation of the constituent
materials of concrete. In the West, no...
"The house does not make the home, but it has a
great deal of influence on the health and character of
the family.
In planning a house, its special uses must be considered.
The house intended for a home should be made
s convenient, sanitary and attractive as possible.
The...
The Bureau of Entomology has been conducting systematic and economic
investigations of the weevils infesting the bark of the trunk and
terminal shoots of conifers in the United States, the results of which will be
published in the regular technical and popular bulletins ; but since these can not be...