A design for the bridge at New Palace Yard, Westminster : (inscribed to the Right Hon. the Lords and Gentlemen, appointed Commissioners for building the same) : composed of nine arches, independent of each other, whose nature is such, that the greatest weight possibly to be impressed cannot break them down : admitting 880 feet water-way for the flux and reflux of the tides ... /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Making of the modern world (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | "A work entirely new, by which an expence of 24,174£. is saved, and the building made stronger also." "With observations on the several designs published to this time, proving the abutments of their arches to be infirm, and the possibility of their falling, by means of which the whole will be in danger." Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London. Goldsmiths'-Kress number 07415. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 30 pages |