 The shaft of the lighthouse was to be tied together with bands, and its eight sides supported with timber braces from the cradle upwards to the cornice. The cradle was to be drawn and pushed forward by powerful screws along the railway, on the principle...  THE LOCAL HISTORIAN'S TABLE BOOK - Página 314por Moses Aaron Richardson - 1846Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Laxton - 1841 - 534 páginas
...sides are to be supported with timber braces from the cradle upward* to the cornice. The cradle is to be drawn and pushed forward by powerful screws,...Morton's patent slip for the repairing of vessels. However surprising the removal of such a building may appear to many, yet in New York, for some years... | |
 | Charles W. Vincent, James Mason - 1842 - 346 páginas
...be supported upon bearers, with about 250 wheels, of six inches diameter, and was to traverse on six lines of railway to be laid on the new pier for that...pushed forward by powerful screws along the railway, on the principle of Morton's patent slip for repairing vessels." The only deviation from this plan,... | |
 | England - 1840 - 256 páginas
...inches of rail. wiiy, which was laid on the new pier fur that purpose. The •haft nt the lighthouse was tied together with bands, and Its eight sides supported...with timber braces from the cradle upwards to the roruice. The cradle was drawn and pushed for. ward along the railway by a wiiidlns with ropes, worked... | |
 | 1841 - 536 páginas
...be supported upon bearers, with about 250 wheels of 6 inches diameter, intended to traverse on six lines of railway to be laid on the new pier for that purpose. The shaft of the light-house is to be tied together with bands, and its eight tides are to be supported with timber braces from... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1841 - 538 páginas
...supported upon bearers, •with about 250 wheels of 6 inches diameter, intended to traverse on six lines of railway to be laid on the new pier for that purpose. The shaft of the light-house is to be tied together with bands, and its eight lides are to be supported with timber braces from... | |
 | 1841 - 542 páginas
...bearers, •with about 250 wheels of 6 inches diameter, intended to traverse on six lines of railway to he laid on the new pier for that purpose. The shaft of the light-house is to be tied together with bands, and its eight «ides are to be supported with timber braces from... | |
 | 1842 - 528 páginas
...bearers, with about two hundred and fifty wheels of six inches diameter, and was to traverse on six lines of railway, to be laid on the new pier for that...pushed forward by powerful screws along the railway, on the principle of Morton's patent slip for repairing vessels." This was the plan proposed, and was... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1842 - 964 páginas
...be supported upon bearers, with about 250 wheels of six inches diameter, and was to traverse on six lines of railway to be laid on the new pier for that...pushed forward by powerful screws along the railway above-mentioned, on the principle of Morton's patent slip for the repairing of vessels." The project... | |
 | Whellan, William, & Co - 1856 - 1082 páginas
...bearers, with about 250 wheels of six inches in diameter, to traverse on six indie* с ' railway, which WM laid on the new pier for that purpose. The shaft of the lighthouse was ti?l together with bands, and it« eight sides supported with timber braces from the cranle upward»... | |
 | T. Fordyce - 1867 - 524 páginas
...railway laid for the purpose. The building, which was about 80 feet high, and weighed about 300 tons, was to be tied together with bands, and its eight...braces, from the cradle upwards to the cornice. The necessary preparations having been effected, the work of removal was commenced, and, having been first... | |
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