Except that the latter's spinal column must have suffered some pretty severe snakings when the camera-carrier went through corduroy bridges or lost his footings in fords, the arrangement worked most successfully.
Only here and there were there footings close to the water, so that the man with the line would have to make his way for the most part along the top of the rocky wall.
These shields, proceeding simultaneously from the portals and from the footings of the shafts, are steel rings of a circumference only slightly greater than that of the finished tunnel.
When the footings are finished and the caisson's edges have ceased to cut its path straight downward, that timbered construction will rest here far below the city for long ages.
Footings should be built with hard bricks laid principally as headers; stretchers, if necessary, should be placed in the middle of the wall.
To save the trouble of keeping the plumb-rule and level constantly in his hands and yet ensure correct work, the bricklayer, on clearing the footings of a wall, builds up six or eight courses of bricks at the external angles (see fig.
After thefootings have been laid and the wall has been brought up to not less than 6 in.
Hard Stocks, sound but over-burnt, used in footings to walls and other positions where good appearance is not required.
The foundation of a building of ordinary weight is for the most part sufficiently provided for by applying what are technically [Sidenote: Footings to walls.
The bearing capacity of soils, pressure under footings of foundations, and in part 6 the materials of walls and the methods to be observed in building them are defined.
The Master cared little what the footings of the money were in the treasury.
The basement is beneath the central block of the house, and its design is basically unchanged from the original except for the concrete footings and steel columns placed there in 1960 to strengthen the deteriorating brick interior wall.
This situation was corrected by pouring concrete footings in the basement and setting in them a series of steel columns.
The west wing (present kitchen) rests on concrete footings and slab at grade.
Frame Houses Partial or even whole brick footingsdo not always indicate brick houses at Jamestown.
Some 30 structures have been recorded which had brick footings or isolated brick fireplace foundations, the appearance of which suggests frame houses.
The width of gap is measured, the position of footings determined, and the length of standards from butt to transom determined and marked as before.
The footings at A and B must be firm, horizontal if possible, and at right angles to the axis of the bridge.
The first step in constructing a spar bridge is to measure the gap to be bridged and select the position of the footings on either bank.
The construction of the roadway requires about twenty minutes; formingfootings in masonry about one hour.
A Foote portable continuous mixer was used in making the concrete for the wall footings and the wall.
During the construction of the footings and floor two concrete gangs were employed, but after the walls were started, one gang only was required for concrete work; the other gang was then put to work assisting the carpenters.
In the wall footings a depression or groove, several inches deep, was left under the wall space for its entire length.
During the early concrete work of making footings and floor, where forms were not required, the carpenter force was employed in erecting the steel skeleton for the walls.
In constructing the footings some concrete was first deposited in place and the metal reinforcement was embedded therein.
The reinforcement for the walls and columns was erected in place upon the footings and formed a steel skeleton around which the forms were erected.
It will be seen that the footings are constructed in the most economical manner by not being stepped.
The cross-footings show the total sales of each article, while the column footings show the total sales, divided between advertising and salesmen, and whether cash or credit.
The footings of the columns show the total cost to the departments and the total column at the right, which is an extension of daily costs, shows the total cost for each stenographer.
The footings of the money columns are carried forward to the end of the month, when the totals are credited to the sales accounts in the general ledger.
Both the quantity and total columns are footed, the footings being carried forward to the end of the month.
Footings Footings for chimneys with fireplaces should be provided as described on page 7; for chimneys without fireplaces, the footings should rest on good firm soil.
They now located and dug the footings for the piers of the cross partitions and concreted them, so as to give the cement of the main footings a chance to set up before they began putting the forms on top of them.
Bob was so interested in the new building that he and Tony went back and worked until dark, so as to have the excavation ready for footings in the morning.
Bob decided, in order to keep the frost from getting under the walls, they'd have to place the footings three feet below the finished grade.
This would make the trench for the footings two feet, six inches deep at that point, and as there was a drop of eight inches to the southeast corner, the trench there would be one foot, ten inches deep.
Restoration by Author] In the recent excavations at "The Green Spring" were found the brick footings of a pre-Berkeley building.
Footings for each tower are provided by digging four nearly square holes with their sides at approximately 45 degrees with the direction of the transmission line, and the shortest side of each hole at least two feet long.
It thus seems that the number of holes to be dug for a line of towers is nearly or quite as great as that for a line of poles, and considering the concrete footings the cost of erecting the towers is probably greater than that for the poles.
Footings of brick or concrete are also used in very soft soils; footingsconsisting of timber grillage are often employed.
Two or more footings are usually adopted so as to distribute the weight over an increased area, as shown in Fig.
The columns obtain their bearings direct from the footings of said house; these columns extend up to support the floor above.
The two center towers occupy the center of the east and west ends of the building, starting from their footings thirty-one feet square, and break off in sections in line with the corner towers to the height of the third string course.
All sales as shown by the footings of the sales book are credited to the sales account, completing the double entry.
Cash Disbursement Book] Our voucher register being in balance, footingsare now posted.
Footings of the suspense columns are carried forward in pencil, for, when all amounts on one sheet have been paid, those items need not be considered in obtaining the balance.
This account is charged with all purchases as represented by the footingsof the purchase book or purchase journal.
We debit cash for all money received, and credit cash with all money paid out; therefore, the difference between the total footings of the debit and credit sides of the cash book shows the amount of cash which we should have on hand.
The total footings of all distribution columns agree with the total of vouchers payable column, proving the extensions to be correct.
The footings of the sales book are carried forward until the end of the month, when the total amount is posted as one item to the credit side of the merchandise account, completing the double entry.
Both debit and credit columns are footed, and the footingsof the two columns should agree.
All footings are carried forward until the end of the month, when the totals are posted directly to purchase and sales accounts, completing the double entry.
Received in bad order) In the first demonstration, the footings of the sales and purchase books, as well as the returns entered in the journal, are posted to a merchandise account.
Footings of discount and total columns are posted to the credit of discount on purchases and bank accounts.
The amounts of the vouchers are extended in these columns andfootings carried forward to the end of the month.
The footing of the vouchers payable column, less unpaid amount brought forward, must agree with the total footings of all distribution columns, since it represents the total of all vouchers registered.
The footings of all columns are carried forward to the end of the month, when the totals of all distribution columns, excepting sundries, are posted to the debit of the corresponding ledger accounts.
The total of vouchers payable column is posted to the credit of that account in the general or private ledger, and the footings of the distribution columns are posted to the debit of their respective accounts.
The London Building Act mentions that the footings of a wall shall rest upon the solid ground or concrete or upon other solid substructure.
If the ledger does not balance a comparison of this proof slip with the column footings of the books will show in which book the error has been made.
Not only does this permit of carrying footings to the end of the month with one posting to the ledger account, but it provides a convenient classification of receipts and expenditures with a complete segregation of items of a given class.
If the footings agree, it is quite evident that the correct amounts have been posted to the ledger, for it is scarcely possible that an incorrect amount has been posted to the ledger and the correct amount entered on the slip.
The copy of the invoice is then placed in the machine, and the prices, extensions, and footings made to correspond with the items which have been shipped.
The combined footings of the two department columns must of course agree with the footing of the amount column.
The footings are carried forward to the end of the month and totals posted to sales accounts.
Columns are provided for each book from which posted, and these are footed at the end of the month and compared with the footings of the books.
Sales are recorded daily and footings carried forward to the end of the month, when the totals may be posted direct to the credit of the sales account in the general ledger.
The footings of the columns are carried forward to the end of the month when they are posted to the credit of shipment accounts in the general ledger.
When the order blank is used as a sales record, making a sales book with a record of a single sale to a sheet, it is somewhat inconvenient to determine from the footings the total sales for the day.
The "little chantry" would seem to refer to the projecting footings found between the last two buttresses on the south side.
The footings of the north and south walls of Beere's chapel were about 6 feet 6 inches broad and a little over 18 feet apart in the clear.
The footings of the chapel show that it was 20 feet wide, as the script indicates, but the author's interpretation was at fault in assuming this width to be an internal one, whereas it is the external dimension.
The great breadth of the footings of the rectangular part of Edgar's Chapel--about 6 feet 6 inches on the north and south walls--might easily have inspired a wrong opinion as to the substance of the walls themselves.
As will be shown, these footings in no way bore a resemblance to the Structure B foundation.
The cellarless areas of the foundation may have provided the footingsfor chimneys.
About midway in its length were slight indications that the wall footings had been expanded for a short distance, as though for a gate; however, the crumbled condition of the brick and mortar fragments made this inference uncertain.
As fast as these footings are completed, they are sent to the proof clerk, who puts them in the debit column opposite the credits of the banks, respectively.
When all are completed, if no error has been made, the footings of the credit and debit columns must be exactly equal and the footings of the two other columns, which show the differences, must be exactly equal.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "footings" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
