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Bridges
Of or pertaining to any structure that spans and so provides passage over rivers,roads etc
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Acid Open-hearth Process
Architecture; Bridges
That process of producing steel from pig and scrap iron, in which the first step is to remove most of the silicon, manganese, and carbon from the molten mass. Just before tapping, spiegeleisen or an ...
Acid Open-hearth Steel
Architecture; Bridges
A metal formed of pig iron, cast iron, and wrought iron or steel scrap, which is converted into steel by the direct action of an oxidizing flame in a regenerative gas furnace. The furnace is lined ...
Activity of Cement
Architecture; Bridges
The time required for a cement to pass from its initial set to its final or hard set as determined by the Vicat Needle.
Actual Horsepower or Brake Horsepower
Architecture; Bridges
The actual horsepower of an engine as measured at the flywheel by a friction-brake or a dynamometer.
Adhesion
Architecture; Bridges
The force which holds together two bodies placed in close contact with each other.
Adiabatic Curve
Architecture; Bridges
A curve exhibiting the relation between the pressure and volume of a fluid upon the assumption that there is no transmission of heat during expansion or contraction.
Adjustable Eye-bar
Architecture; Bridges
An eye-bar that, can be lengthened or shortened after erection by means of a sleeve-nut, turn-buckle, or clevis.
