Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 567
twobraces on each side; and inconsequence of these beingin different directions andfastened on sides the oneopposite to the other, sogreat was the strength of the work, and suchthe arrangement of the materials, that in pro-portion as the greater body of water dashedagainst the bridge, so much the… … BROAD A TO ADD TO THE STRENGTH. igi2.] NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS 1037 in addition to this, piles were driven into thewater obliquely, at the lower side of the bridge,and these, serving as buttresses and being con-nected with every portion of the work, sustainedthe force of the stream, and…
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