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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 840 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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STEEL the See also:Williams See also:system small See also:flat bars are used, which are not quite See also:horizontal, but pass alternately over and under the rolled joists which support the slabs . A See also:concrete See also:arch is reinforced in much the same way as a See also:wall, the stresses being somewhat similar . The reinforcing rods are generally laid both longitudinally and circumferentially . In the See also:case of a culvert the circumferential rods are sometimes laid continuously in the See also:form of a See also:spiral as in the Bordenave system . To those wishing to pursue the subject further, the following books among others may be suggested :—Sabin, See also:Cement and Concrete (New See also:York); See also:Taylor and See also:Thompson, Concrete, See also:Plain and Reinforced (See also:London) ; Sutcliffe, Concrete, Nature and Uses (London) ; See also:Marsh and Dunn, Reinforced Concrete (London) ; Twelvetrees, Concrete Steel (London) ; See also:Paul Christophe, Le See also:Beloit arme (See also:Paris) ; Buel and See also:Hill, Reinforced Concrete Construction (London) . (F . E .

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