A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volume 12Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 - Aeronautics |
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... river , at some distance below of the lower and upper canal : the gates C and the shoal . The boat having passed these posts , D being then opened , each barge is at liberty to planks are let down across the river by pulleys depart the ...
... river , at some distance below of the lower and upper canal : the gates C and the shoal . The boat having passed these posts , D being then opened , each barge is at liberty to planks are let down across the river by pulleys depart the ...
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... river Irwell . There are three arches over this river , the centre one sixty - three feet wide , and thirty - eight feet high above the water , which will admit the largest barges to go through with masts and sails standing . The whole ...
... river Irwell . There are three arches over this river , the centre one sixty - three feet wide , and thirty - eight feet high above the water , which will admit the largest barges to go through with masts and sails standing . The whole ...
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... river Taaf , which it closely accompanies through its whole length . The floating - dock at Lower - layer is sixteen feet deep , in which a great number of ships , of 300 tons burden , can lie constantly afloat , and load or unload ...
... river Taaf , which it closely accompanies through its whole length . The floating - dock at Lower - layer is sixteen feet deep , in which a great number of ships , of 300 tons burden , can lie constantly afloat , and load or unload ...
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... river Exe at the town of Top- sham , and terminates in the Tone River at Taun- ton Bridge ; it has a cut of about seven miles to Tiverton , and other short ones to Cullumpton and Wellington . The Thames and Severn Canal commences in the ...
... river Exe at the town of Top- sham , and terminates in the Tone River at Taun- ton Bridge ; it has a cut of about seven miles to Tiverton , and other short ones to Cullumpton and Wellington . The Thames and Severn Canal commences in the ...
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... River ; near Flint Green another over the Cole River ; and near its termination at Digbeth another over the Red River . We may now furnish a list of the ascertained levels of the principal canals , in reference to the summit of the ...
... River ; near Flint Green another over the Cole River ; and near its termination at Digbeth another over the Red River . We may now furnish a list of the ascertained levels of the principal canals , in reference to the summit of the ...
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