the dam must, however, be looked upon as a portion of a cylinder ; m. Darley. and with a cylinder of equal thickness surrounded by water it was hard to see how any shearing stress could come in, the dam being in compression all round. With regard to t,he use of plums, they saved a large quantity of concrete, and good stone had a higher crushing resistance than concrete. Where cement was costly, as in New South Wales, and cartage into places difficult of access had to be considered, it was important to save as much cement as possible, and therefore stone had to be used very largely in the walls.
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