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Hollow Tile Floors, Past and Present
The use of hollow tile for floor construction is scarcely known in Europe. The most recent European designs with flat ceilings have not yet overcome the difficulty of dividing the span into several blocks, and always use one continuous tube of tile covering the whole span, as shown by the French design, Fig. 1. This type is the same as the Liverpool “flags” used in 1853, and introduced again by Homan & Rodgers in 1885. A recently adopted German design shows divisions, but the vertical joints are bound together by imbedded iron rods, as shown in Fig. 2. It is of interest to compare these two recent designs with Fig. 3, illustrating a type proposed in 1873 by Mr. Wear L. Drake, of Chicago, III. Notwithstanding the 21 years which have passed, this simple design has not yet found its way across the ocean, and the reason for this is probably the cost of its production, as machine work, which has a most important part in its manufacture, is admittedly cheaper in the United States than in Europe.
Hollow Tile Floors, Past and Present
The use of hollow tile for floor construction is scarcely known in Europe. The most recent European designs with flat ceilings have not yet overcome the difficulty of dividing the span into several blocks, and always use one continuous tube of tile covering the whole span, as shown by the French design, Fig. 1. This type is the same as the Liverpool “flags” used in 1853, and introduced again by Homan & Rodgers in 1885. A recently adopted German design shows divisions, but the vertical joints are bound together by imbedded iron rods, as shown in Fig. 2. It is of interest to compare these two recent designs with Fig. 3, illustrating a type proposed in 1873 by Mr. Wear L. Drake, of Chicago, III. Notwithstanding the 21 years which have passed, this simple design has not yet found its way across the ocean, and the reason for this is probably the cost of its production, as machine work, which has a most important part in its manufacture, is admittedly cheaper in the United States than in Europe.
Hollow Tile Floors, Past and Present
von Emperger, Fr. (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 34 ; 521-531
2021-01-01
111895-01-01 pages
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