Transactions of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, Volúmenes10-11

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Canadian Society of Civil Engineers., 1896
 

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Página 40 - The strength of a chain is the strength of its weakest link, the engineers tell us," said Longworth, " and it is the same with evidence.
Página 17 - Institution as far as shall be in my power, and will attend the Meetings thereof as often as I conveniently can: provided that, whenever I shall signify in writing to the Secretary that I am desirous of withdrawing from the Institution, I shall (after the payment of any arrears which may be due by me at that period) be free from this obligation. Witness my hand, this day of FORM F.
Página 3 - ... the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man, as the means of production and of traffic in states.
Página 17 - Secretary for the time being, that I am desirous of withdrawing my name therefrom, I shall (after the payment of any arrears which may be due by me at that period) be free from this obligation.
Página 1 - Johnson, their associates and successors, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, under the name of the "Dixon Hotel Company...
Página 184 - Filtration means the concentration of sewage at short intervals, on an area of specially chosen porous ground, as small as will absorb and cleanse it ; not excluding vegetation, but making the produce of secondary importance. The intermittency of application is a sine qua non even in suitably constituted soils, wherever complete success is aimed at.
Página 3 - A society for the general advancement of Mechanical Science, and more particularly for promoting the acquisition of that species of knowledge which constitutes the profession of a Civil Engineer...
Página 18 - The following words and expressions shall in this Act have the meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there is something in the context inconsistent with such meanings; that is to say, " Child" shall mean a child under the age of thirteen years: "Young person...
Página 29 - Surveyor duly admitted to the profession and practis"ing in this province shall, under penalty of forfeiting his license or " certificate, procure and cause to be examined, corrected and stamped " or otherwise certified by the Commissioner of Crown Lands or some " one by him duly authorized, or by the Secretary of the Board of "Management of Land Surveyors, a standard measure of length.
Página 107 - ... pipes. A partial vacuum is created by the water at the ends of these small pipes, and hence atmospheric pressure drives the air into the water in innumerable small bubbles, which are carried by the water down the compressing pipe C. During their downward course with the water the bubbles are compressed, the final pressure being proportional to the column of return water sustained in the shaft E and tailrace F.

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