Bridges

Bridges

Of or pertaining to any structure that spans and so provides passage over rivers,roads etc

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air pressure

Architecture; Bridges

The pressure exerted by the air due to its weight or to its being compressed and confined in a reservoir.

air pump

Architecture; Bridges

A pump for condensing and forcing air through an aperture or pipe.

air slaking

Architecture; Bridges

Decomposition of any material exposed to the air, such as lime.

air valve

Architecture; Bridges

A valve controlling the passage of air. Also a valve admitting air to a steam boiler, preventing the formation of a partial vacuum when the steam condenses.

air working chamber:

Architecture; Bridges

A chamber in a caisson into which compressed air is forced to expel the water so that laborers can work at excavating.

algebraic curve

Architecture; Bridges

A curve in which the equations in linear coordinates contain only the algebraic functions of the coordinates.

The horizontal plate in a transit which carries the verniers, the level bulbs, and the standards, and which revolves about the graduated limb: an attachment on many instruments for measuring angles. ...