Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 723
per position, is sunk upon them, being kept in itsplace by a few piles left standing above the others, the water being kept out of the caisson by a kindof well constructed round each of these internal guide piles, which are built up into the masonry. Thismethod of building in caissons on pile… … dfe rV-i ii . i
Mechanical engineering
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