London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 81
me to be one of the lightest, most elegant, and,from the particulars furnished on the spot, the most economical,description of roof which has yet been used for a public build-ing; and, therefore, I doubt not but a short account of it, with afew sketches illustrative of the principles on which it is… … of throwing a corrugated cast-iron roof over an extensive space.It was erected at the suirirestion of, and from drawings furnishedby, Mr. Hutchison, the eminent engineer of the establishment,whose extensive improvements in gas machinery have renderedhim so deservedly known to the public. at the…
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