Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)
Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 246
merican and a genius, who went over to London and founded the very successful paper called Engineering, had a scheme for a tunnel across the English channel, briefly out- lined as follows : "The tube would be floated, not certainly upon the surface, but by means of buoys just clear of the bottom,… … Fig. 9. ing the powerful hauling-out tackle to be used when the successive lengths were floated. The dock gates would close around the tube so as to form a water-tight joint. The tube would be of such dimensions and thickness that, previous to putting in the brick lining, its own weight would be as…
Engineering
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