Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 105
its importance may l)c inferred from the fact of its havinjc takennearly six months for its completion, while the huge superstructure re-cjuired only eight months. The eighteenth tier of beams was reached inthree months from the time the foundations were ready on which to setthe first piece of… … Fig. ibe.—Maithattatt Insurattce Coh Building, in course of erection. diameter, to 21 feet 6 inches by 25 feet square. . . . The number of bricksused in the piers amounted to 1,500,000. From this it may be seen thata good-sized building was sunk out of sight before any part of the super-structure…
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