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Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. (1899)

Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, Pa., A. J. Holman & Co · leaf 376

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wide at the bot-tom, the sides sloping variably, according to the nature of the material, theresulting width at the top varying from 100 to 328 feet. Although not deepenough for the very largest vessels afloat, it will accommodate the great bulkof ocean travel, including war vessels. The total cost… … 352 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY Panama canal did. not include locks, but the revised plan provided for them,in order to save excessive cutting. The Nicaragua canal scheme necessarilyincludes locks. The water for the Suez canal conies directly from the seaswhich are connected. A canal…

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