A London encyclopaedia, or universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics : comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge : illustrated by numerous engravings, a general atlas, and appropriate diagrams (1829)
Curtis, Thomas, fl. 1820 · London : Thomas Tegg · leaf 202
o the faults of the bridge, asthey would be estimated in any other situation :for the lateral thrust, which it is desirable to re-duce as much as possible, was here actually toosmall, and the abutments were forced inwards,by the pressure of the loose external materials,forming the banks, against… … The next cast iron bridge seen in this countrywas designed by the celebrated Thomas Paine :it was intended to be erected in America, andwas an imitation of a catenarian curve: theMessrs. ^^alkers of Rotherham were the founders.Haine, however, became involved in his circum-stances, and the bridge,…
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