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Show Reinforced Concrete r irl fiom the Improvement of nn-totliils nn-totliils of tiinstruitlou thunselvcs ills-tlnct ills-tlnct rot(itie s btlng made In the use of ixistliig inaltiliils in hetter nil-Mititiiije nil-Mititiiije Ibis Is tsptclilly the ciso Willi the unions combinations of mitnl tin I tenient Included In the general term of relnfoteed coninte or us It lee ralkd In Ihiropc dinent urine" This comblnntl 111 of materials is tin exec ex-ec 1 tltinnlls Imipt, one tnnilete of good cement unci stone possesses a great iislstatiie to tonipies.lon with but a slight stitiiRih to n pose tmsllo stresses On the condors light roda or ret led sec lions of stec I reslsl tension ad-mil ad-mil ibis while buckling under com-piesrlon com-piesrlon Tro t-rls nrrnnged there can he secure 1 n dose contact mil union between the two materials the cm 1 c elding of the steel In the concrete pro tectlng It at the same time from uxl ditlon nni from flic 'Ihe result lina been Ihe loinmercUl development nf a lark number or socnllel s5Ftclns of reinforced concrete construction mans of them betrlng such a elot-e re si inhl nice to euh nthir aa to tleinind n sers minute Inspection bpfoie the pnrtlculai twist or I en I to the vvlie which rnnslitiiita Ihe difference tun be ilttcilel s 11 intitter of fait almost ins comlilnullnn t f steel rods or llt,ht bars embedded In toncrete will vaslls Incicnse the strength of the whole up on the tension slda at 11 hilling In crease In cost and there Is little doult tint In lis vitilniis forms reinforcel concrete Is destined to he more ant . moie extensively used in constuu Hon Ihe smtill luiuntlts of metal reunite I 1 na computed with orllnnrv steel slriu mini work an I the facility with which a light skeleton slriicluie can be run tii nnd embed led in lis sutrouudlng cone tele offer powerful roinitier. I il tea sons for Ita use while Ihe artistic pos slhllltles are such n to caitte the meth ol to appcttl to the architect since It removes man) of th atructural llml la I Ions fonnerl) placed upon the renll sal Ion of his Ideis Actiialls, the whole as ate Is a modification In the light of 1 lem facilities of the method of the Itomnn bull ler who erected tnanv of their llnt Mru turea In ski If ton of btkk plus und ilbs Ihe whole being ubevuenils embedded In a concrete of nibble nnl mortal It hu been aug geated that the fallen campanile of Venice might he rapidly and cheaply tebullt In thla manner Any crltlctun aa to ihe use of such a ssatem In audi a place mas well be anewered hs show Ing that It poiiees far greater 'sincerity 'sin-cerity than wis revged in the run blsh tilled walla of the rulnad tower Henry Harrison "upleet In Koruni |