Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838 edition. Excerpt: ... TABLE Showing the Expansion of Beds of Granite variously heated, from One Degree to One Hundred Degrees Fahrenheit, and from One to Five Hundred Miles thick. TABLE Showing the Expansion of Beds of Granite variously heated, from Two Hundred Degrees to Three Thousand Degrees Fahrenheit, and from One to Five Hundred Miles thick. The table was calculated from experiments made under the direction of Colonel Totten, by Mr. H. C. Bartlett, of the United States Engineers; an account of which is given in the American Journal of Science, Vol. XXII. p. 136. From the result of these experiments it was found that, for every degree of Fahrenheit, Granite expands -000004825 Marble -000005668 Sandstone -000009532 The tables were computed by the Calculating Engine, from the first line, which was deduced from the experiment. It will be observed that the numbers given are always true to the last figure, a compensation which the Engine itself made. In order to find the expansion for marble, increase the numbers by one-sixth. To find the expansion for sandstone, double the numbers found in the table. Other experiments have since been made by Mr. Adie, of which an account is given in the thirteenth volume of the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: from these I have selected the following list of expansions: -- Roman Cement expands -00000750 Sicilian White Marble -00000613 Carrara Marble -00000363 Sandstone, from Craigleith quarry .... "00000052 Slate, from Penrhyn, Wales -00000576 Peterhead Red Granite -00000498 Arbroath Pavement -00000499 Caithness Pavement -00000497 Greenstone, from Ratho -00000449 Aberdeen Grey Granite -00000438 Best Stock Brick -0000030G Fire Brick -00000274 Black Marble, Galway -00000247 NOTE I. I Am happy to be enabled to...