| A bell tower.
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| A type of joint used in cast iron pipe where a male pipe end (the spigot) slips into a female end (the bell) and is then caulked with oakum and sealed with lead.
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| See Bell.
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| A floor drain trap consisting of an inverted bell with a water seal.
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| That portion of a pipe which, for a short distance, is sufficiently enlarged to receive the end of another pipe of the same diameter for the purpose of making a joint; also called Bell End or Hub.
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| A highly translucent whiteware composed of a body containing a significant amount of grit and normally having a luster glaze.
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| A flexible joint in copper piping that can expand or contract to allow for thermal fluctuations.
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| Method of sealing the valve stem; the ends of the sealing material are fastened to the bonnet and to the stem; the seal expands and contracts with the stem level.
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| An instrument or machine that draws in air through a valve or orifice by expansion and contraction and expels it through a tube.
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| The condition of a contracting firm when it becomes insolvent and goes bankrupt.
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| . 1. A course of bricks or other material projecting slightly from the face of the wall. 2. A horizontal board across or around a building, usually made of a flat member and a molding. 3. A horizontal course on the face of a building; when continuous with a row of window sills or lintels, is referred to as a Sill Course or a Lintel course; also called a String Course.
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| A surface defect in gypsum board made by the machines forming belt during manufacture.
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| An electric sanding tool where the sand paper abrasive is a continuous belt.
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| The part of an eastern church containing the altar.
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| A point of known or assumed elevation used as a reference in determining and recording other elevations.
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| A power saw held securely on a stationary bench.
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| 1. A long seat for seating several people. 2. A judges seat in a lawcourt. 3. A working table or counter for a carpenter, artisan, or scientist. 4. A low scaffold board that allows the gypsum board hanging crew to easily reach the ceiling area; also called Hangers Bench.
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| A piece of short, curved pipe, like an elbow, used to connect two straight links of pipe in a sewage system.
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| The sum of moments for all forces that occur above the neutral axis; the moment that causes a beam or other structural member to bend; see Moment.
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| Coil spring which is placed on inside or outside of tubing to keep it from collapsing while bending it.
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| A compressive or tensile stress resulting from the application of a nonaxial force to a structural member.
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| The result of a force which tends to cause curvature in a linear element; internal stresses of tension and compression are a result of this action.
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| Caisson disease
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| The use of a premises or a portion for the uses intended, although the work of the project may not be completed.
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| 1. The person designated to receive the proceeds of an insurance policy. 2. In a trust deed, the lender.
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| Slang for benzine.
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| A steel reinforcing bar bent to a prescribed shape such as a truss bar, straight bar with hook, stirrup, or column tie.
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| A plane of framing consisting of beams and columns joined together, often with rigid joints; a single vertical framework consisting of horizontal and vertical members supporting the deck of a bridge or pier.
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| A thin, pliable sheet or layer manufactured from bentonite; used for waterproofing retaining walls.
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| A clay composed principally of minerals of the montmorillonoid group, characterized by high absorption and very large volume change with wetting or drying, commonly swelling to several times its dry volume when saturated with liquid.
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