The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 212
a-tion seaward as may counteract sliding, and prevent the possibilityof its overturning upon the harbour angle, for we know that on alevel plane, one half the amount of force will overturn a body whichis necessary to lift it. In the case, then, of a breakwater similarly situated to that of… … a, the high water line of spring tides, above which storm tides risethree feet or more ; b, the plane of low water; c, semi-cylindrical massof stone at least 32 ft. in diameter, thoroughly cemented and bondedtogether; d, fore shore securing the angle of the sea slope, to bemainlv formed of cubical…
Architecture · Civil engineering · Science
Internet Archive · Boston Library Consortium · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
