A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
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Page 455
... built within coffer - dams . Rennie distrusted the caisson : he preferred to see A B FIGURE 252 - Rennie's Waterloo bridge . ( A ) Cross - section of pier and arch ; ( B ) plan through pier . the bottom upon which his work would rest ...
... built within coffer - dams . Rennie distrusted the caisson : he preferred to see A B FIGURE 252 - Rennie's Waterloo bridge . ( A ) Cross - section of pier and arch ; ( B ) plan through pier . the bottom upon which his work would rest ...
Page 460
... built up by the impact of marching troops or droves of cattle . Brown had built many , and had quite a number of failures , including his bridge of 449 - ft span across the Tweed at Berwick ; this he completed in 1820 , but it was blown ...
... built up by the impact of marching troops or droves of cattle . Brown had built many , and had quite a number of failures , including his bridge of 449 - ft span across the Tweed at Berwick ; this he completed in 1820 , but it was blown ...
Page 498
... built in masonry and was 118 ft high . Some masonry dams for irrigation reservoirs were built in Spain in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries . An example is the old Puentes dam , constructed in 1785-91 across the river Guadalentin ...
... built in masonry and was 118 ft high . Some masonry dams for irrigation reservoirs were built in Spain in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries . An example is the old Puentes dam , constructed in 1785-91 across the river Guadalentin ...
Contents
GLASS by L M ANGUSBUTTERWORTH Director The Newton Heath Glass | 12 |
TELEGRAPHY by G R M GARRATT Deputy Keeper Department of Electrical | 22 |
FISH PRESERVATION by C L CUTTING Officer in Charge Humber | 44 |
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