Water Tightness

The company also promised to install additional emergency backup generators and other equipment and improve water-tightness of the reactor building. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It will also install additional backup generators and other emergency equipment to secure cooling capacity, and improve water-tightness of reactor buildings. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Battens: The setting of battens is the most important part of MCR roofing on which the proper laying of the tiles and water-tightness depend. ❋ Unknown (1997)

High expectations on the water-tightness of roofs cannot be met, particularly when the lowest roof slope and lowest height of covering are used. ❋ Unknown (1996)

For Dorrin, the hard parts of the compass are ensuring the water-tightness of the copper casing " although the seeking arrow floats in oil and not water " and not bending the copper rivets on which the needles turn. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (1994)

The inner plaster of the lower part of the digester is for water-tightness. ❋ Unknown (1991)

To obtain gas-tightness, twice the manufacturer's recommendations for water-tightness is added to the cement. ❋ Unknown (1991)

To improve water-tightness the butt joint will be covered with a FC mortar strip. ❋ Unknown (1987)

· Normal range for amount of water used to mix each 50 kg bag of cement is between 20 liters and 30 liters (94 lb. bag of cement is between 4.5 gal. and 7 gal.) · The water-tightness of concrete depends primarily on the water-cement ratio and the length of moist curing. ❋ Unknown (1980)

The strength and water-tightness of concrete improve with age. ❋ Unknown (1977)

'Prolonging that process increases the strength and water-tightness of concrete. ❋ Unknown (1977)

Where the broken plate was isolated and was reinforced by steel or extra heavy segments in the adjacent ring, the crack, if slight, was simply caulked to insure water-tightness. ❋ James H. Brace (N/A)

The late Mr. Wicksteed, engineer of the East London Water Company, having stated to me the inconvenience which had been experienced from the defects in respect of water-tightness, as well as the difficulty of opening and closing the valves of the main water-pipes in the streets, I turned my attention to the subject. ❋ Nasmyth, James (1885)

The result was my contrivance of a double-faced wedge-shaped sluice-valve, which combined the desirable property of perfect water-tightness with ease of opening and closing the valve. ❋ Nasmyth, James (1885)

The happy idea occurred to him of employing the pressure of the water itself to give the requisite water-tightness to the collar. ❋ Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 (1863)

Oil plays a vital part of keeping an engine lubricated, cool, cleaning impurities, protecting from rust and maintaining water good water-tightness. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[Last night] we had [that bitch] water tight! ❋ Lars From Mars (2004)

Jerry: "[Sup man] [you made] it out of prison alive." George: "Yeah, but [I lost] my water tight seal..." ❋ CHeks (2010)

[Davi] - Are we going to get [Chimichangas] Gus - [Is a frogs ass water tight]. ❋ The Wildabeast (2009)

I’ m totall [treading] on [tight] [waters] with him. ❋ Billy-Soo (2019)