John Rennie, 1761-1821: The Life and Work of a Great EngineerManchester University Press, 1963 - 149 էջ |
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... graceful aque- ducts , bores through hills , passes along a summit level fed by a couple of beam engines made by Boulton & Watt , descends into the valley at Foxhanger by means of 29 locks built as though to last for eternity , and so ...
... graceful aque- ducts , bores through hills , passes along a summit level fed by a couple of beam engines made by Boulton & Watt , descends into the valley at Foxhanger by means of 29 locks built as though to last for eternity , and so ...
Էջ 112
... graceful concave batter , and the composition is terminated by wing walls which hold up the earthwork at each approach . The whole structure is an exercise in the Roman Doric order . The arches are separated by twin pilasters with a ...
... graceful concave batter , and the composition is terminated by wing walls which hold up the earthwork at each approach . The whole structure is an exercise in the Roman Doric order . The arches are separated by twin pilasters with a ...
Էջ 113
... graceful aqueduct , longer but not so high as Dundas . There is a central elliptical arch of 60 ft . span with two side arches each semicircular and 34 ft . across , all with V - jointed arch stones . The spandrel and wing walls are ...
... graceful aqueduct , longer but not so high as Dundas . There is a central elliptical arch of 60 ft . span with two side arches each semicircular and 34 ft . across , all with V - jointed arch stones . The spandrel and wing walls are ...
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