Littell's Living Age, 57. kötetLittell, Son and Company, 1858 |
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21. oldal
... feet above the surface of the river , was received with the same hoot of incredulity as Stephenson's proposal to form a line of rail- way across Chat Moss . The practical men of the day spoke of it as a " castle in the air , " and the ...
... feet above the surface of the river , was received with the same hoot of incredulity as Stephenson's proposal to form a line of rail- way across Chat Moss . The practical men of the day spoke of it as a " castle in the air , " and the ...
24. oldal
... feet . Unlike the swamps of ties for irruptions of water in tunnels , for Cambridge and Lincolnshire , which consist surface floodings , for slips of treacherous principally of soft mud or silt , Chat Moss is soil , for advances of ...
... feet . Unlike the swamps of ties for irruptions of water in tunnels , for Cambridge and Lincolnshire , which consist surface floodings , for slips of treacherous principally of soft mud or silt , Chat Moss is soil , for advances of ...
25. oldal
... feet instead of four . The act authorizing the construction of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was no sooner obtained , than Mr. Stephenson began to do the " impossible " thing . The three resident engineers selected by Mr ...
... feet instead of four . The act authorizing the construction of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was no sooner obtained , than Mr. Stephenson began to do the " impossible " thing . The three resident engineers selected by Mr ...
26. oldal
... feet could be reached . The surface between the drains was merely spread with branches of trees and hedge - cuttings , except that in the softest places rude gates or hurdles , some eight or nine feet long by four feet wide , interwoven ...
... feet could be reached . The surface between the drains was merely spread with branches of trees and hedge - cuttings , except that in the softest places rude gates or hurdles , some eight or nine feet long by four feet wide , interwoven ...
27. oldal
... feet high , crossed a piece of ground near Newn- ham , the surface of which seemed to be per- fectly sound and firm . Twenty feet , how- ever , beneath the surface an old bog lay con- cealed ; and the ground giving way , the fluid ...
... feet high , crossed a piece of ground near Newn- ham , the surface of which seemed to be per- fectly sound and firm . Twenty feet , how- ever , beneath the surface an old bog lay con- cealed ; and the ground giving way , the fluid ...
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