London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 82
renderedhim so deservedly known to the public. at the London Gas-Works, Vauxhall. 67 Fig. 16. exhibits a section and interior view of the depot, show-ing the roof (a), the wall-plates (b b), and the tie-rods (c c). Theroof, which is the segment of a circle, is formed by a series ofcast-iron plates,… … cast with two small projections (««), formed like the foot of acommon rafter, which rests upon, and is secured to, an uprio-htrib, raised on the centre of the wall-plate. The cast-iron platesmeasure 3 ft. 9 in. by 2 ft. 1 in.; and the sides of the corrugations are 3% in. Fig. 18. is a transverse…
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