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Definition of Caissons
1. caisson [n] - See also: caisson
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caissons
Literary usage of Caissons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"The concrete shafts should have a recess about 6 in. t. wide in which round rods
are inserted to form a ladder. i caissons it is very necessary to have ..."
2. Foundations of Bridges and Buildings by Roland Parker Davis, Henry Sylvester Jacoby (1914)
"For this reason caissons will, in this book, be divided into three general ...
All caissons have one characteristic in common: they form a permanent shell ..."
3. Masonry Structures by Frederick Putnam Spalding (1921)
"Box caissons.—A caisson is a watertight casing within which the work of placing a
... caissons are of three general types: Those closed at bottom, ..."
4. Masonry Structures by Frederick Putnam Spalding (1921)
"Box caissons.—A caisson is a watertight casing within which the work of placing a
... caissons are of three general types: Those closed at bottom, ..."
5. Organization and Tactics by Arthur Lockwood Wagner (1895)
"Method of Supplying from the Limbers and caissons.— There are two methods of
supplying ammunition : first, from the limbers, which are then refilled from ..."
6. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"The steel caissons should be caulked from the inside against air pressure, ...
For caissons in cities, the concrete is generally above the ground line and ..."
7. A Practical Treatise on Sub-aqueous Foundations: Including The Coffer-dam by Charles Evan Fowler (1914)
"»The contract for the work was let on December 21, 1882, to Tancred, Arrol &
Co., and they in turn let the contract for the pneumatic caissons to M. ..."
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