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Scientific American, Vol. 61, No. 22 (1889) (1889)

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one-half only of the dock being included. At pumps. This supplies means for emptying the dock. the bottom is the floor, fifty feet wide by four hundred Japan made a start in modern industry, and not only The filling is done through the caisson. Culverts, with and sixty feet long. Around the peri-… … thick. Special rows of piles are driven fessors in different departments of pure to carry the keel blocks; a space ten and applied science. During the past feet wide beneath the center of the dock year a considerable number have been contains extra closely spaced piling for this purpose. engaged in…

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