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Preface. THE Authors wish to state that it has been their aim throughout to place before the reader a practical treatise, and for that purpose have collected information respecting upwards of eighty chimney shafts—brick, stone, iron and concrete—from various parts of Great Britain, the Continent and America, and they take this opportunity of thanking their numerous friends for the uniform courtesy with which their enquiries have been answered. In January, 1878, a paper on Chimney Construction was read by Mr. R. M. Bancroft, Past President, before the Civil and Mechanical Engineers' Society, and the interest with which it was received led him to further his investigations. In December, 1883, a paper on the same subject was again read before the Civil and Mechanical Engineers' Society, by the Authors, the information and examples having been greatly increased. Since that date the work has been added to, revised and further illustrated. INDEX Illustrations (List of). General Remarks. Foundations, Weather, Brickwork, Bond, Expansion, Supervision, Caps, Cornices, etc. Minimum Heights of Shafts. Metropolitan Board of Works Regulations. Tests and Strength of Materials, Bricks, Mortar, Stone and Portland Cement. Draught. Stability. Existing Chimneys.
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