Word: layering
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Dates: during 1882-1882
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...exposed beams slightly carved in the lecture rooms. As a precaution against fire the floors will be constructed like those in modern mills, with the exception of the upper flooring of seven-eighths inch maple. These floors will be constructed as follows: Immediately on top of beams is a layer of two-inch spruce, while above this is a flooring of seven-eighths inch maple. Another layer of hard wood is placed below the spruce and between the beams, furnishing a ceiling for the rooms below...
...opened, that Rocquefort should be eaten with warmed crackers, that fish should be eaten with cold butter, and truly, I would willingly mortgage the governor's life insurance policy to experience again for the first time the varied soothing and tingling delights of a Pousse-cafe with a layer of old cognac...
...will be erected a boiler house. From this house main pipes will be laid to the different buildings. These mains will be of wrought iron covered with asbestos. Each length will then be put into a pump log, but separated from it by strips of wood, thus forming a layer of non-conducting air. This will render it unnecessary to lay the pipes below the frost. The method of piping the different rooms has not as yet been decided upon, although several plans are under discussion. Three plans are proposed by the committee. The first would require an expenditure...