INDEX
- Accidents Act, notice of, [167]
- Accidents, report on, by Home Office Inspector, [170]
- Ash, [70]
- Ashlar shears, [100]
- Attachment for hoisting, [129]
- Balks, [74]
- Barrows, [97]
- — hand, [97]
- Baskets, [95]
- Beams, strength of, [143], [145]
- — stiffest, [66]
- — strongest, [66]
- Birch, [70]
- Blocks and tackle, [120]
- Boards, [2], [26]
- — cutting of, [67]
- Boatswains’ boats, [45]
- Bogies, stone, [97]
- Bolts, [108]
- Braces, [2], [26]
- — strength of, [143], [151]
- Buckets, [93]
- Bye-laws, scaffolding, London, [161]
- Centering, supports to, [158]
- Centre of gravity, to find, [136]
- Chain lashings, [103]
- Chains, [9], [110]
- Chimney climbing, [33]
- Cleats, [51]
- Connections, [29]
- Constants, [143]
- Cordage, [76]
- — danger from damp, [158]
- — strength of, [76]
- Coupling links, [9], [105]
- Crabs, [16]
- Cradles, [43]
- Crane, [116]
- Crates, [99]
- Cripples, [93]
- Dangerous occurrences, notice of, [169]
- Dead shores, [58]
- Derrick platform, [6]
- — staging for traveller, [10]
- — stagings, [3]
- — travelling, [10]
- Dog irons, [107]
- — — fixing of, [107]
- Duck runs, [112]
- Edge boards, [156]
- Effect of weight, [136]
- — of wind pressure, [131]
- Elm, [70]
- Employer, definition of, [178b]
- Engines, [115]
- Face boards, [28]
- Factory Act, abstract of, [165]
- — — repeal of Sec. 19, [167]
- — — application of, [164]
- Fan guards, [159]
- Flying shores, [50]
- Footing blocks, [14], [17]
- — piece, [55]
- Gantries, [12], [16]
- Gin, [128]
- Guys, [9]
- Hatchet, [113]
- Height of building under Factory Act, [164]
- Hods, [97]
- Horizontal shores, [50]
- Jibs, [125]
- — masons’, [127]
- Joggles, [50]
- King legs, [3]
- Kites, [33]
- Knots, [78]
- Ladders, [90]
- — accidents from, [154]
- — fixing of, [8]
- Landing stages, [28]
- Larch, [69]
- Ledgers, [2]
- — connections between, [22]
- Levers, [106]
- Lewises, [102]
- Masons’ jibs, [127]
- Materials, weight of, [Appendix]
- Mortar boards, [112]
- Nails, [113]
- Needles, [30]
- — for shoring, [50]
- Notice of accidents, [167]
- — — dangerous occurrences, [169]
- Oak, [70]
- Painters’ boats, [43]
- Pine, [69]
- Plant, danger from unsound, [158]
- — danger from insufficient, [159]
- Platforms, [6], [12]
- — for traveller, [15]
- Poles, [74]
- Posts, strength of, [143], [149]
- Pulleys, [118]
- — differential, [121]
- Puncheons, [20]
- Putlogs, [2], [74]
- — fixing of, [23]
- Queen legs, [3]
- Raking shores, [52]
- — — scantlings for, [54]
- — struts, [51]
- Repeal of Sec. 19 Factory Act, 1901, [167]
- Report by Home Office Inspector on building accidents, [170]
- Rider shore, [57]
- Rollers, [106]
- Runners, [2]
- Runs, [157]
- Scaffolders’ hatchet, [113]
- Scaffolding, definition of, [1]
- — foundations, [3]
- — application Burgh Police Scotland Act, [163]
- Scaffolding needle, [30]
- — proper control of, [158]
- — system of, [2]
- Scaffolds, bricklayers’, [19]
- — for chimneys, [31], [37]
- — for domes and arches, [42]
- — ladder, [46]
- — masons’, [27]
- — for steeples, [42]
- — swinging, [43]
- — for towers, [41]
- Shakes, cup, [62]
- — radial, [62]
- — weather, [69]
- Shear legs, [127]
- Shears, ashlar, [100]
- Shore, preparation of, [55]
- Shores, [2]
- Shoring, [49]
- Skips, [93]
- Slater’s truss, [111]
- Sleepers, [9]
- Sole piece, [55]
- Spikes, [113]
- Spruce, [69]
- Stagings, [17]
- Standards, [2]
- — fixing of rising, [21]
- Stone clips, [101]
- — cramps, [103]
- — slings, [101]
- Straining pieces, [51]
- Straps, [109]
- Struts, [2]
- — strength of, [149]
- — to shoring, [56]
- System, North country, [2]
- — South country, [12]
- Ties, [2]
- — strength of, [143], [151]
- Timber, branding, [71]
- Timber, classification and structure, [62]
- — conversion, [65]
- — decay of, [72]
- — defects in living tree, [62]
- — description, [69]
- — durability of, [74]
- — felling, [64]
- — preservation, [73]
- — scantlings, [65]
- — seasoning, [67]
- — selection, [70]
- — stacking, [67]
- — testing, [71]
- — use of scaffolding, [74]
- Tossles, [50]
- Transoms, [2]
- Traps, danger from, [157]
- Trestles, [92]
- Trucks, sack, [99]
- — timber, [99]
- Underpinning, [57]
- Wall plates, [50]
- Wedge driving, [57], [60]
- Wedges, [112]
- Weight, effect of, [136]
- — of materials, [Appendix]
- Wells, safeguards, [156]
- Winch, [123]
- Wind pressures, [131]
- Window strutting, [58]
- Wire lashings, [103]
- — ropes, [109]
- Workman, definition of, [178]C
- Workmen’s Compensation Act, [178]A
- — — — liability of employers [178]A
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