The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 357
ker, 4 in. thick. Capt. Goodwvn.in a letter to Mr.Dredge, dated Jnly last, observespWith the assistance of a very able and first-rate mathematician here,I have studied the theory of these bridges most thorouglily: and themodel that I have made, 22 feet long, and 4 feet width of platform, ison so… … satisfied themselves of the efficiency of the system, and all these proofs,with my models, assure me that the theory is correct. It is in contemplation (o erect immediately two other bridges on thesame plan, one across the wet docks at Kudderpoor, near Calcutta,and the other over the Hoogly.…
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