The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 70
workman opens the door at the bottomof this steel compartment and lets in compressedair from the caisson below. It takes a few min-utes to become accustomed to breathing this at-mosphere, for the heavy air makes the headring. As soon as the workman can do so heclimbs down into the funnel below,… … ~~~ ——-•—^~~ — — ■ THE REMARKABLE FLATIRON BUILDING AT MADISON SQUARE, NEW YORK.XV—5 M 56 GREAT MECHANICAL MARVELS with his shovel. He usually signals in this way when thebucket is to be raised or lowered. The work on one of these sky-scrapers goes forward soquickly and smoothly that few people…
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