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Title: The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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tion shown in the engraving is obtained from a steel reflector anda 40-watt tungsten lamp. When one stops to consider that the cost of this lamp per hour isapproximately 30 per cent less than the ordinarj 16-candlepower carbonfilament lamp, the high intensity obtained on the work is truly remarkable,and is strong evidence, not only of the high effkienc3 of the tungsten lamp.hut of the reflecti ir as well. One on the Plumber A plumber up in Pennsylvania willed to Ins brother a certain repairjob he had in the house of a rich man. In his will he expressed the nthat he could not leave more to this relative, Imt said b) proper matment this job should keep his brother from want during his life time. Bricks from Ant Hills Excellent bricks are made, it is said, of the soil of aril hills in CentAfrica. The natives tread it with water into a dough-like substance, whichis shaped in rough wooden molds, h is then dried in the sun, and after-ward baked in native kilns. 90 The Architect and Engineer
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MacDonough Building, S Donald & Afflegarth, The Strength of Reinforced Concrete By KENNETH MACDONALD, Jr., Architect. SINCE the San Francisco earthquake and fire, and during- the recon-struction of the city, we have been gradually coming to the full realiza-tion of the advantages of a reinforced concrete building. Compared to Class C constructions: It is only 5 per cent more expen-sive and has a rate of insurance 50 per cent less. Therefore the saving ininsurance money will pay the interest on the difference several times over.Cement exterior walls six inches thick offer a saving in floor space of from6 to 15 inches around the entire perify of the building. Compared with steel frame buildings: It is from 15 to 20 per cent lessexpensive than a steel frame. It has a greater fire resistance and is usuallyof a greater strength because it has a larger factor of safety. The United States government report on the San Francisco earth-quake and fire, which was issued immediately after the

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