 | James Gilchrist Benton - 1862 - 562 pàgines
...locality permits ; the width of the bottom tier may be from twelve to fourteen balls, according to the calibre. Prepare the ground for the base of the pile by raising it above the level of the surrounding ground, so as to throw off the water ; level it, ram it well, and cover it... | |
 | George Elliot Voyle, G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson - 1876 - 676 pàgines
...a free circulation of air between the layers. The ground for the base of a pile should be prepared by raising it above the surrounding ground, so as to throw off the water ; it should then be levelled, well rammed, and covered with a layer of screened sand or charcoal. The... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1881 - 906 pàgines
...locality permits ; the width of the bottom tier may be from 12 to 14 balls, according to the caliber. Prepare the ground for the base of the pile by raising...two-thirds of their diameter in the sand; this base maybe made permanent: clean the base well and form the pile, putting the fuse-holes of shells downwards,... | |
 | Thomas Wilhelm - 1881 - 722 pàgines
...permits ; the width of the bottom tier may be from twelve to fourteen balls, according to the caliber. Prepare the ground for the base of the pile by raising...and cover it with a layer of screened sand. Make the PILE 431 PINTLE bottom of the pile with n tier of unserviceable balls buried «bout two-thirds of their... | |
 | Thomas Wilhelm - 1881 - 676 pàgines
...permits; the width of the bottom tier may be from twelve to fourteen balls, according to the caliber. Prepare the ground for the base of the pile by raising...well, and cover it with a layer of screened sand. Make tie PILE PINTLE i of the pile with a tier of unserviceulls buried about two-thirds of their 1er in... | |
 | Thomas Wilhelm - 1881 - 712 pàgines
...permits; the width of the bottom tier may be from twelve to fourteen balls, according to the caliber. Prepare the ground for the base of the pile by raising...water ; level it, ram it well, and" cover it with a laver of screened sand. Make the PILE 431 PINTLE bottom of the pile with a tier of unserviceable balls... | |
 | John Caldwell Tidball - 1884 - 698 pàgines
...calibre and piled in a dry locality where there is a free circulation of air. The ground is prepared for the base of the pile by raising it above the surrounding level so as to drain off the water; it is made level, rammed well, and covered with a layer of sand.... | |
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Prepare the ground for the base of the pile by raising it above the surrounding ground so as to throw off the water ; level it, ram it well, and cover it with a layer of screened sand. 