An Encyclopædia of Civil Engineering, Historical, Theoretical, and Practical, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, Paternoster-Row, 1847 - 1039 pages |
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... water , was thirty - two feet six inches above that of the Mediterranean at Tyneh at low water ; and it is interesting to inquire how the waters were retained in the canal , with such a difference of level . Diodorus Siculus ( lib . i ...
... water , was thirty - two feet six inches above that of the Mediterranean at Tyneh at low water ; and it is interesting to inquire how the waters were retained in the canal , with such a difference of level . Diodorus Siculus ( lib . i ...
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... low water ; its width at the top is 40 feet , and there are few works more substantial or solid to be met with . Some remains of columns and their entablature lie at the foot of the mole , and in all probability they once adorned a ...
... low water ; its width at the top is 40 feet , and there are few works more substantial or solid to be met with . Some remains of columns and their entablature lie at the foot of the mole , and in all probability they once adorned a ...
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... low water . The thickness of the piers is 20 feet 4 inches , and the breadth of the bridge 105 feet . It is built on piles , and a general framework ; on the upper side of the bridge is a covered gallery constructed by the Medici , and ...
... low water . The thickness of the piers is 20 feet 4 inches , and the breadth of the bridge 105 feet . It is built on piles , and a general framework ; on the upper side of the bridge is a covered gallery constructed by the Medici , and ...
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Edward Cresy. 10 inches above low water , and the rise is one - sixth of the span ; the arches are 3 feet 2 inches thick . The breadth of the piers is 26 feet 3 inches , and that of the bridge , 33 feet 9 ... low water, and the rise is ...
Edward Cresy. 10 inches above low water , and the rise is one - sixth of the span ; the arches are 3 feet 2 inches thick . The breadth of the piers is 26 feet 3 inches , and that of the bridge , 33 feet 9 ... low water, and the rise is ...
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... water ; but the want of a free circulation of air , and the too great proximity of the different buildings , are ... low water ; the tide rises about 3 or 4 feet , and occasions a current sufficient to work the mills on the island of San ...
... water ; but the want of a free circulation of air , and the too great proximity of the different buildings , are ... low water ; the tide rises about 3 or 4 feet , and occasions a current sufficient to work the mills on the island of San ...
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Page 582 - I have taken a piece of a whole cannon, whereof the end was burst, and filled it three quarters full of water, stopping and screwing up the broken end, as also the touch-hole, and, making a constant fire under it, within twenty-four hours it burst, and made a great crack ; so that having a way to make my vessels, so that they are strengthened by the force within them, and the one to fill after the other, I have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream, forty feet high ; one vessel of water,...
Page 1 - Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships ; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
Page 534 - and C. shall be Three, to be our Justices, to survey the ' said Walls, Streams, Ditches, Banks, Gutters, Sewers, ' Gotes, Calcies, Bridges, Trenches, Mills, Mill-dams, ' Flood-gates, Ponds, Locks, Hebbing- wears, and other Im...
Page vi - A society for the general advancement of Mechanical Science, and more particularly for promoting the acquisition of that species of knowledge which constitutes the profession of a Civil Engineer, being the art of directing the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man...
Page 582 - I have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream forty feet high ; one vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up forty of cold water. And a man that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and re-fill with cold water, and so successively, the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim between the necessity of turning the said cocks.
Page 552 - ... ounces of carbonic acid, would form a solution not sensibly different, in ordinary use, from the filtered water of the Thames, in the average state of that river.
Page 76 - Powers, are certain simple instruments, commonly employed for raising greater weights, or overcoming greater resistances, than could be effected by the natural strength without them. These are usually accounted six in number, viz. the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw.
Page 540 - ... full of black troops of unclean spirits, which crept in under the door, as also at chinks and holes, and coming in, both out of the sky and from the earth, filled the air as it were with dark clouds.
Page 583 - A Description and Draught of a new-invented Machine, for carrying Vessels or Ships out of, or into, any Harbour, Port, or River, against Wind and Tide, or in a calm.
Page 544 - The depth of the trench," he adds, "in some places descended full thirty feet, if not more, whereas in other places it required a sprightful art again to mount it over a valley in a trough, between a couple of hills, and the trough all the while borne up by wooden arches, some of them fixed in the ground very deep, and rising in height above twenty-three feet.