Memoirs of the most eminent American mechanics : also, lives of distinguished European mechanics : together with a collection of anecdotes ... relating to the mechanic arts : illustrated by fifty engravings (1852)
Howe, Henry, 1816-1893, New York Museum of Science and Industry. Library · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 448
d was a powerful barrier against which the bags werecollected and retained by these rods with which they were armed. In this state of things, the pecuniary resources of the companybeing too low to proceed with the work, the directors found them-selves reduced to the necessity of discontinuing it.… … CROSS SECTION OF THE THAMES TUNNEL,Exhibiting the Arrangement of the Masonry. DESCRIPTIONS, ETC. 441 has, however, since been resumed under favorable auspices, andat the present time the Tunnel is about completed. The average cost of the Thames Tunnel does not exceed£6 3s. 9d. per cubic yard of the…
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