Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 291
Fig. 122.—M. Ferdinand de Lesseps. SHIP CANALS. A RTIFICIAL CANALS are amongst the oldest of inventions, for,-^~^ centuries ago, they have been constructed, even of very large dimen-sions, in various parts of the world. There is in China, for instance, agreat canal, 900 miles in length and 200 feet…
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