562

INDEX.

Wall , sea, position of stones in, 1008

. whitewashing of, 567, 568

Wark Steading, Northumberland, description of

plan of, 257-262

Wash-basins and lavatories, 1113, 1114Washing, turnip, method of, 1705Water-closets, 872, 1115, 1116

.cock, Wheatcroft and Smith’s, 1493

.foundations in, 928-930

.rain, cistern, 1110

.raising from wells, 1064

.seasoning of timber, 610

.tap, Jenning’s india tube, 1492

.taps and cock, 1491

.troughs for cattle-courts, 1119-1127

.waste preventer, Pilbrow’s, 1494

Watering-pools, formed by crossing of dykes,

1045-1048

Watson’s ventilator, 1508Weather-boarding for timber sheds, 1374Weight of round iron bars, used as tension-rodsfor roof-trusses, in foot lengths, 1809

.of lead per foot superficial, 1810

Weirs, 990, 1002, 1003Weir for a water reservoir, 1002Wells , raising water from, 1064Well digging and steining, estimates connectedwith, 1778

. sinking, 1060

. in loose sand, 1061

West and Hubbell’s “ oak-hall” window, 1264Western States of America , farm-buildings for,

1771

Wheatcroft and Smith’s hydrant, 1529

.water-cock, 1493

Wheeler’s mode of staining wood, 587White’s portable vice, 1671Whitewashing of walls, 567Width, proper, for stalls in work-horse stables,1281

.for work-horse stables, 1280

Window-blinds, spring pulley for, 1481

.cornice, mouldings of, 948

.stone mouldings of, 950

.dormer, elevation of, 1231

. fixed, 1260

. for cottages, 1261

. French casement, 1263

. fastenings for, 1481

. head of farmhouse, 1624

. latch, 1480

. mullion of, 1625

. oak-hall, 1264

. of byre, 1312

. pulley-stile, 1479

. sliding, 1260

.V, 1272

Windows , 699, 867

. for farm-cottages, 463, 464

. of corn-barn, 1327

. of farmhouses, details of, 1266-1277

. of granary, 1333

. stable, 1298

. various forms of, 1260-1277

Wire, block for straightening, 1567

.clambs for twisting the eye of, for fences,

1571

.fence, straining-post for, 1544-1548

Wire fence, straining-screw, 1573

.turn-key, 1573

.fences, 1544-1576

. fitting up of, 1564-1576

. intermediate posts for, 1549

.fencing, collar-vice for, 1574

. straining-screw and collar-vice for,

combined, 1575

.joining, for fences, 1570

. netting for sheep, 1582, 1583

.work, spiral, 1585

.for fences, 1551-1563

. block for making eyes in,

1571

Wood combined with iron-work, 1593-1620

. with stone and brick, 1621-1627

.covering for iron roof, 1642

.its chemical properties and composition,

614-618

.preservation of, 614

.staining, 585

.Stephens’ method of, 588

.Wheeler’s method of, 587

Wooden aqueduct for irrigation, 1348

.beams, iron straps for, 1594-1598

.bridges, 1340-1347

.fittings of the farmhouse and cottage,

1247*1279

.fittings of the steading, stable, byre,

barn, courtyard, &c., 12S0-1335

..framing, iron shoes for, 1599-1606

.gutters, 1232-1237

.sluices, 1349-1352

.ventilators, 1295, 1297

Wood 's asphalt caldron, 1684Workshop, fittings of the, 1656-1682

.machines of the, 1673-16S2

Work, brick, estimates and calculations con-nected with, 1782-1791

. estimates of diggers’ and excavators’,

1777-1781

. artificers’ glossary of technical terms used

in, 1812

Wrought-iron and cast-iron beams, comparativeadvantages of, 1396, 1397.beams, Fairbaim’s fireproof floor-ing with, 1630

. beams, junction with cast-iron

columns, 1416

. beams, with concrete for fireproof

construction, 1629

. girders and beams, 1607

.plate beam, 1398

.columns for sheds, 1591

.hurdles, 1577

.side-gate, 1540

.varieties and peculiarities of, 646-

651

.girders and beams, 1807

Young's instructions for fitting up wire fences,1565-1576

Zinc-covered iron roof, 1646

.fixing of sheeting as roof covering, 1652

.joining plates of corrugated zinc, 1653

.peculiarities of, 654

.roof, cost of, 1654

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PRIMED BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH .