 | 1820 - 866 pages
...under ground, and at others o?ct the deep gorges by scaffoldings ouc hundred and twenty feet high. Before any step could be taken in its erection, it...necessary to cut several thousand trees to obtain a pas'sagc through the impenetrable thickets ; and as the workmen advanced, men were posted at certain... | |
 | John Ryley, John Gawthorp, John Whitley - 1822 - 344 pages
...built in a cradle form, and extending from the forest to the edge of the lake. Three trees, squared, cut Several thousand trees to obtain a passage through...return, and to discover, in the gorges, the places wheie the piles of wood had been established. M. Rupp was himself' obliged, more than once, to be suspended... | |
 | 1826 - 370 pages
...under ground, and at others over the deep gorges by scaffoldings one hundred and twenty feet high. Before any step could be taken in its erection, it...distances, in order to point out the road for their return. Mr. Rulph was often obliged to be suspended by cords, in. order to descend precipices many hundred... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1826 - 382 pages
...under ground, and at others over the deep gorges by scaffoldings one hundred and twenty feet high. Before any step could be taken in its erection, it...obtain a passage through the impenetrable thickets j and as the workmen advanced, men were posted at certain distances in order to point out the road... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1829 - 482 pages
...arrangements, and tbe skill of the engineer, have excited the wonder of every person who ha« seen it. Before any step could be taken in its erection, it...order to point out the road for their return, and to diseover, in the gorges, the places where the piles of wood bad been established. M. Rupp was himself... | |
 | Luke Hebert - 1832 - 372 pages
...arrangements, and the skill of the engineer, have excited the wonder of every person who has seen it. Before any step could be taken in its erection, it...obtain a passage through the impenetrable thickets j and as the workmen advanced, men were posted at cert-din distances in order to point out the road... | |
 | Charles Babbage - 1832 - 352 pages
...arrangements, and the skill of the engineer, have excited the wonder of every person who has seen it. Before any step could be taken in its erection, it...to cut several thousand trees to obtain a passage a through the impenetrable thickets ; and, as the workmen advanced, men were posted at certain distances... | |
 | 1833 - 370 pages
...arrangements, and the skill of the engineer, have excited the wonder of every person who has seen it. Bet'we any step could be taken in its erection, it was necessary...trees to obtain a passage through the impenetrable ; and, as the woriimen advanced, men were posted at certain distances, in order to point out the road... | |
 | 1834 - 434 pages
...the. wonder of every person who has seen it Before any step could be taken in its erection, it u-us necessary to cut several thousand trees to obtain a passage through the impenetrably tlückets ; and, as the workmen advanced, met were posted at certain distances, in order... | |
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The boldness which characterizes this work, the sagacity displayed in all its arrangements, and the skill of the engineer, have excited the wonder of every person who has seen it. Before any step could be taken in... 
