Van Nostrand's eclectic engineering magazine (1869)
[New York : D. Van Nostrand] · leaf 508
almost concealed ning through the puddle would not be the crest of the lower wall of the water- liable to run continuously into the earth, cushion. Nothing with regard to water- cushions could be learnt from that. He which was not homogeneous with it. Even if leakage existed, the bank might… … THEORETICAL BANK ON STRONG IMPERVIOUS GROUND. a delicate arrangement of stone and sand self, or the material on which the rear would be difficult to obtain, but with of the bank rested. puddle in front the leakage was so small The relative merits of railways and that such refined selection was not…
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