Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 28The Institution, 1869 - Civil engineering Vols. 39-204 (1874/75-1916/17) have a section 3 containing "Abstracts of papers in foreign transactions and periodicals" (title varies); issued separately, 1919-37, as the institution's Engineering abstracts from the current periodical literature of engineering and applied science, published outside the United Kingdom. |
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... tons , and the driving weight 121 lbs . , falling 66 feet in 6 hours . The regulator is the centrifugal one invented by Fresnel , and afterwards improved by M. Lepaute . The section of glass consists of nineteen upper prisms , a central ...
... tons , and the driving weight 121 lbs . , falling 66 feet in 6 hours . The regulator is the centrifugal one invented by Fresnel , and afterwards improved by M. Lepaute . The section of glass consists of nineteen upper prisms , a central ...
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... tons , not hanging steadily , but jerking and swing- ing with the excessive motion of the barge . To carry the stones round the house to their proper sites , it was proposed to fix a circle of fished railway bars to the tower , on ...
... tons , not hanging steadily , but jerking and swing- ing with the excessive motion of the barge . To carry the stones round the house to their proper sites , it was proposed to fix a circle of fished railway bars to the tower , on ...
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... tons 6 cwt . each . The holes of course varied in depth , from 10 inches to 12 inches , according to the contour of the rock ; and each hole of 11⁄2 inch diameter was bored in an hour . The lower level was It has not been thought ...
... tons 6 cwt . each . The holes of course varied in depth , from 10 inches to 12 inches , according to the contour of the rock ; and each hole of 11⁄2 inch diameter was bored in an hour . The lower level was It has not been thought ...
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... tons could get to the town , then a small sloop of fifty or sixty tons could do so only on spring - tides . " The decay of the haven was attributed to the diversion of waters from the Witham to other sources , by the construction of the ...
... tons could get to the town , then a small sloop of fifty or sixty tons could do so only on spring - tides . " The decay of the haven was attributed to the diversion of waters from the Witham to other sources , by the construction of the ...
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... tons of water per minute to a height of 5 feet , have been erected at Lade Bank by Messrs . Easton , Amos , and Anderson , under the direction of Mr. Hawkshaw ; and a dam and lock - gates being placed across Hobhole drain , the water ...
... tons of water per minute to a height of 5 feet , have been erected at Lade Bank by Messrs . Easton , Amos , and Anderson , under the direction of Mr. Hawkshaw ; and a dam and lock - gates being placed across Hobhole drain , the water ...
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