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Definition of Pneumatic caisson
1. Noun. Large watertight chamber used for construction under water.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pneumatic Caisson
Literary usage of Pneumatic caisson
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Foundations of Bridges and Buildings by Henry Sylvester Jacoby, Roland Parker Davis (1914)
"pneumatic caisson Foundations for the Adams Express Building. Eng. Rec., v. 66, p.
... pneumatic caisson Foundations, Emigrant Bank Building. Eng. Rec., v. ..."
2. A Treatise on Masonry Construction by Ira Osborn Baker (1914)
"The latter when built over an inverted, or pneumatic, caisson, is sometimes called
a coffer-dam. For greater clearness the term caisson will lie used for ..."
3. An Elementary Course of Civil Engineering for the Use of Cadets of the by Junius Brutus Wheeler (1876)
"pneumatic caisson.—The next important modification in the pneumatic method ...
This combination is Known as the pneumatic caisson and furnishes the means ..."
4. Foundations of Bridges and Buildings by Henry Sylvester Jacoby, Roland Parker Davis (1914)
"pneumatic caisson Foundations for the Adams Express Building. Eng. Rec., v. 66, p.
... pneumatic caisson Foundations, Emigrant Bank Building. Eng. Rec., v. ..."
5. A Treatise on Masonry Construction by Ira Osborn Baker (1914)
"The latter when built over an inverted, or pneumatic, caisson, is sometimes called
a coffer-dam. For greater clearness the term caisson will lie used for ..."
6. Foundations of Bridges and Buildings by Henry Sylvester Jacoby, Roland Parker Davis (1914)
"A pneumatic caisson may be defined as a structure, open at the bottom and ...
The most pronounced advantage of the pneumatic caisson as compared with the ..."
7. A Practical Treatise on Foundations, Explaining Fully the Principles by William Macfarland Patton (1893)
"COMBINED OPEN-CRIB AND pneumatic caisson. 48. As was mentioned, the writer designed
a combined structure for the purpose of reaching rapidly, economically, ..."
8. A Practical Treatise on Foundations, Explaining Fully the Principles by William Macfarland Patton (1893)
"COMBINED OPEN-CRIB AND pneumatic caisson. 48. As was mentioned, the writer designed
a combined structure for the purpose of reaching rapidly, economically, ..."
9. An Elementary Course of Civil Engineering for the Use of Cadets of the by Junius Brutus Wheeler (1876)
"pneumatic caisson.—The next important modification in the pneumatic method ...
This combination is Known as the pneumatic caisson and furnishes the means ..."
10. Foundations of Bridges and Buildings by Henry Sylvester Jacoby, Roland Parker Davis (1914)
"A pneumatic caisson may be defined as a structure, open at the bottom and ...
The most pronounced advantage of the pneumatic caisson as compared with the ..."
11. A Practical Treatise on Foundations, Explaining Fully the Principles by William Macfarland Patton (1893)
"COMBINED OPEN-CRIB AND pneumatic caisson. 48. As was mentioned, the writer designed
a combined structure for the purpose of reaching rapidly, economically, ..."
12. A Practical Treatise on Foundations, Explaining Fully the Principles by William Macfarland Patton (1893)
"COMBINED OPEN-CRIB AND pneumatic caisson. 48. As was mentioned, the writer designed
a combined structure for the purpose of reaching rapidly, economically, ..."