10 ROMANIAN BOOKS RELATING TO «COFERDÁM»
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coferdám in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
coferdám and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Romanian literature.
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The rhyming dictionary of the English language, in which ... - Pagina 275
Mill'dam Mound to collect and keep water, s. Gran'dam Grandmother, s. Com-men dam A double benefice, s. Quon'dam Having been formerly ; once, a. To un-dam' To open banks, v. a. Cofer-dam A water-tight casing for building under water, ...
John Walker, J. Longmuir, 1860
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Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture ... - Pagina 106
... and small in stature, sometimes used by cabinetmakers Cofi'er, a deep panel in a ceiling; also applied to a casket for keeping jewels, and sometimes to a chest Cofer-dam, a hollow space formed by a double range of piles, with clay rammed ...
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The Illustrated Glossary of Practical Architecture and ... - Pagina 304
... the intended pier, and filled in with concrete, or otherwise formed complete of the size required, and sunk in the proper position.—See Caisson and Cofer Dam. PIER (in buildings generally), a flat buttress projecting from PIG IRON —PILES.
Samuel Charles Brees, 1852
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The Navigator: Containing Directions for Navigating the ... - Pagina 192
This gum, though made ofa hollow syc-' amore, answers as a cofer dam, within which a man works through the mud and land, while it sinks with him to the surface of the rock, where its lower edge is tightly secured all round, admitting neither ...
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The Builder's and Workman's New Director: Comprising ... - Pagina 16
When the depth of stagnant water is more than four feet, and in running water of any depth, the ordinary dam must be replaced by the cofer-dam. This construction consists of two rows of plank, termed sheetingpiles, driven into the soil vertically ...
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Appendix to ... Journals of the Legislative Assembly of ...
... River St. Lawrence, halfa mile in length, had been enclosed by a “ Cofl'er Dam,” (which had not then been brought into trial.) This length of basin, averaging 100 yards wide, had tobe unWatered, and the work done, while the “ Cofer Dam” ...
Canada. Parliament. Legislative Assembly, 1848
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Rudimentary Dictionary of terms used in architecture, ... - Pagina 106
... and small in stature, sometimes used by cabinetmakers Cofl'er, a deep panel in a ceiling; also applied to a casket for keeping jewels, and sometimes to a chest Cofer-dam, a hollow space formed by a double range of piles, with clay rammed ...
John WEALE (Bookseller.), 1850
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Papers on Subjects Connected with the Duties of the Corps ...
Description of a single Cofer-dam across the entrance of the new dock in Woolwich Dock-yard. By Lieut. DENISON, Royal Engineers. THE piers of this dock, which opens into the river, were included in the contract for the construction of the ...
Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers, 1840
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Rollo's Philosophy. Fire: Rollo's Philosophy. Water
But that will do as well some other time, if you want to be busy now.” “ No,” replied his father, “ I will tell yr_u about that now, as it will only take me a minute or two. It is by what they call a cofer dam.” “I never heard of a coffer dam,” said Rollo.
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The Abridgment: Containing Messages of the President of ...
Removing cofer dam—The cofl'er dam constructed by the contractors for building the dock basin extends beyond the line of the quay wall authorized to be laid, and to connect with the basin walls, and must necessarily be removed before the ...
United States. President, 1858
