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Definition of Falseworks
1. falsework [n] - See also: falsework
Lexicographical Neighbors of Falseworks
Literary usage of Falseworks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reinforced Concrete by Albert Wells Buel, Charles Shattuck Hill (1906)
"CENTERS AND falseworks. Success in arch construction depends nearly or quite as
much on the centers and their supports as it does on the design and ..."
2. A Treatise on Civil Engineering by William Macfarland Patton (1895)
"The falseworks required in the construction of arches and tunnels have been fully
... The following remarks will therefore only apply to the falseworks ..."
3. The Civil Engineer's Pocket-book by John Cresson Trautwine (1919)
"First coat paint of graphite or carbon primer, Oo. VI. ERECTION. (1) to unload
materials after delivery, to furnish falseworks and appli- ..."
4. Handbook of Cost Data for Contractors and Engineers: A Reference Book Giving by Halbert Powers Gillette (1910)
"The method of construction was to drive the piles for all nine spans complete,
then to complete the falseworks for the first five ..."
5. A Treatise on Arches: Designed for the Use of Engineers and Students in by Malverd Abijah Howe (1906)
"After th'e falseworks are removed and the arch with its spandrels, etc., completed,
these joints can be filled with cement, and become fixed at the ..."
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