Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 567
ng the breadth,depth, and rapidity of the river Rhine, that hethought he ought to cross it, and he devised thisbridge. Then trouble began, not only for him,but for the young student, as he threw in the bigtimbers, and the big words, and the long sen-tences, ending with an explanation of his… … CyESAR S VEltY SIMPLE FORM OF BRIDGE us not only illustrate this bridge, but also givethem a simple translation of the text explainingthe construction, as follows: He joined together, at the distance of two feet,two piles, each a foot and a half thick, sharpeneda little at the lower end, and…
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