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... bridges , when fears were entertained of the security of the masonry to support , upon the given area , the immense ... bridge , January , 1848 . BRICKWORK . • No. 1.9 - in . cube of cemented brickwork ( Nowell and Co. ) , No. 1 ( or ...
... bridges , when fears were entertained of the security of the masonry to support , upon the given area , the immense ... bridge , January , 1848 . BRICKWORK . • No. 1.9 - in . cube of cemented brickwork ( Nowell and Co. ) , No. 1 ( or ...
Page 143
... bridge were composed ; and , to make security doubly sure , it was ultimately arranged to rest the tubes upon horizontal and transverse beams of great strength , and by increasing the area subject to compression , the splitting or ...
... bridge were composed ; and , to make security doubly sure , it was ultimately arranged to rest the tubes upon horizontal and transverse beams of great strength , and by increasing the area subject to compression , the splitting or ...
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... Bridge , and Mr. R. Mylne , the father of the present engineer of that name , built Blackfriars , which was commenced in 1760 and finished in 1771 . From that time to the present nearly the whole of the bridges of this country have been ...
... Bridge , and Mr. R. Mylne , the father of the present engineer of that name , built Blackfriars , which was commenced in 1760 and finished in 1771 . From that time to the present nearly the whole of the bridges of this country have been ...
Page 201
... bridge at Perth , which was begun in 1765 and finished in 1771. From that time till his death in 1792 he was the leading engineer of the kingdom . He made the river Calder navigable , planned and completed the navigation of the great ...
... bridge at Perth , which was begun in 1765 and finished in 1771. From that time till his death in 1792 he was the leading engineer of the kingdom . He made the river Calder navigable , planned and completed the navigation of the great ...
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... Bridge , of three arches of cast - iron , which for solidity and span has not an equal even at the present time . For architectural beauty and harmony of curvature , no structure surpasses Waterloo Bridge ; and if to these we add the ...
... Bridge , of three arches of cast - iron , which for solidity and span has not an equal even at the present time . For architectural beauty and harmony of curvature , no structure surpasses Waterloo Bridge ; and if to these we add the ...
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