Repository: UIHistories Project: Booklet - One Hundred Million (Impact of UI) (1931) [PAGE 7]

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tail have luvu furnished h\ the University Phe Lu HI i 1M- Um \ it} has evei received for purel} n earch purposes has jusl h n mnoun I. It amounts to a quartci of a million dollai 0.0(H) ich vear foi live veai anil will he used foi invt ligations in rail stn \ihl now foi a hi iel dis< ussion ol some ol tin n\ i it

Concrete ami Reinforced Concrete

Throughout the world, win •• i - mcrete is known, the Univ< \ of Illino known, foi in her lahoratori tin nn i out! mdinj I reaching contributions in this field ol - instruction wei >lvcd, What Illinois onM at ton i> has usualh been the final word I inning with ihe organization ol Oie Kn inet in Kxpt inn c n in l HX3 the i appeal i d a rii oi i lail bulletins lw I \iilnn \ \ I [hot ^\\ concrete and reinfoi ed concrel which id a profound n the development of concrete construction Some ol tin earh bulletins are to this da^ the onh authoritath n i mat ion on then subjei t, lli re\ I buildin codes now about to I idopted in Chicaj > , \ \\ " rk, Philadelphia and other ti< \ overnin the et} AWA I d ;n • structures worth main millions ^\ dollars, depend lai number ol detail upon the work ol the Universit} n arch m ili par. ular field, 1 ast \ u the Illino Division of II hways adopted and put inti i a muhod ol d< n and control ol concrete mixtun which I upon a I niversit} irch bulletin published in h \ l\\ method it is p iblc to utili c the ^AWA, gravel and stone | in I ili ;hout the State, h ^u it own merit as a t ^w, dv i. I. V- a i »ult the Stair is enabled to mi inni\ ol retc in its pa> tuents and has improv netln Id ;nini- the quantity r which it pays, Moiliti itions of tin hod have al n adopt' I In ilu h hwa\ department I wa I I inent li Id w i ht ci tin 11 tc n u in h 1 I dl build pari i ulai intei < to enjjineei md buil n I buildii and hi id: tl« - ha\ al 1} I li It. I In • I in d in the dv ;n ol the p ii I i .11 \\i\\ hi i w hci e tin i\ in:; ol d. I w i lu w dl , lli ut the d < n • ih iti in i m i I In n Mi'HI tin i etc in :n \ w alls intended t t>

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