| The use of limestone to form a cap or finish on top of a wall, pier, pilaster, or chimney.
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| A precast concrete member used to form a cap or finish on top of a wall, pier, pilaster, or chimney.
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| 1. The material or units used to form a cap or finish on top of a wall, pier, pilaster, or chimney; a protective cap at the top of a masonry wall; it should be waterproof and weather resistant and sloped to shed water. 2. Perimeter edging around a swimming pool.
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| A product of copolymerization; substance obtained when two or more types of monomers polymerize.
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| Simultaneous polymerization of two compounds which have properties different from polymer obtained with either monomer separately; see Polymerization.
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| A flexible joint in copper piping that can expand or contract to allow for thermal fluctuations.
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| Three or more strands of copper intertwined.
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| 260 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016, (212) 251-7200.
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| Pipe and tubing manufactured of copper, classified as Type K, L or M. Type K being the thickest walled, Type M, the thinnest walled.
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| Abnormal condition developing in some units in which copper is electrolytically deposited on some compressor surfaces.
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| In test for Mill Scale, copper color indicates absence of mill scale when steel is swabbed with 5 to 10 percent solution.
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| 1. A chemical compound, CuSO4, used in fungicides, electroplating solutions, textile dyeing, and as a timber preservative 2. An algaecide declining in popularity because of its toxicity and incompatibility with some other compounds found in swimming pools.
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| a common reddish metallic element that is ductile and malleable and one of the best conductors of heat and electricity.
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| See Ferrous Sulphate.
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| The exclusive legal right to publish or sell artistic compositions.
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| To construct a corbel of brick or stone.
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| 1.A masonry unit such as brick or stone which projects beyond the unit below; a spanning device in which masonry units in successive courses are cantilevered slightly over one another; a projecting bracket of masonry or concrete. 2. A projection from the face of a beam, girder, column, or wall used as a beam seat or a decoration.
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| A cord hanging freely in the air in a vertical position, which has a fixed connection to a permanent wiring enclosure at the upper end and having a suitable cord connection body or lampholder attached to the lower end.
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| See Electric Cord.
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| 1. A small, very flexible insulated electrical cable. 2. A flexible thick string or thin rope consisting of woven thin strands. 3. A volume measure of cut firewood of 128 cubic feet (3.63 cubic meters).
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| A vitreous ceramic whiteware for technical application in which cordierite, 2MgO 2Al2O3 - 5SiO2is the essential crystalline phase.
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| A handtool, such as a drill or screwdriver, containing a rechargeable battery.
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| Wood cut in 4 foot or shorter lengths to be used as fuel; see Cord.
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| A hollow cylinder containing a socket and choker springs for holding a section of drilled rock.
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| Vertical elements of a lateral bracing system such as the walls for stairs, elevators, or duct shafts.
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| A type of valve through which the flow of water is controlled by a circular core or plug that fits closely in a machined seat; the core has a part bored through it to serve as a water passageway; also called Plug Valve.
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| A rotary drill, usually a diamond drill, equipped with a hollow bit and a core lifter.
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| The process of drilling which extracts a cylindrical sample of concrete, rock or soil; sometimes used to install pipe or conduit through an existing concrete or masonry wall.
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| The resistance of the core to penetration by a steel punch as measured by ASTM C 473 hardness test.
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| A split in the gypsumboard core often accompanying an over calcined condition.
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