The Technical World Magazine, Volume 6Technical World Company, 1907 |
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Page 11
... feet long , supported on granite pedestals , with shingled roof and canvas sides in the form of louvres or curtains , so adjusted as to permit the free circulation of air . This unique shed is not only an observatory , but a workshop ...
... feet long , supported on granite pedestals , with shingled roof and canvas sides in the form of louvres or curtains , so adjusted as to permit the free circulation of air . This unique shed is not only an observatory , but a workshop ...
Page 30
... feet above sea level . From Chivela Pass the descent is rather abrupt , the grade being in places as much structure of this description 560 feet long . Eighty - pound rails are employed throughout , and the road - bed is as sub ...
... feet above sea level . From Chivela Pass the descent is rather abrupt , the grade being in places as much structure of this description 560 feet long . Eighty - pound rails are employed throughout , and the road - bed is as sub ...
Page 37
... feet by fully 3,000 feet , and thus eliminate many of the present curves and much of the grade . Chief Engi- neer Hood's reports contain some modi- fications of his first series of surveys , made some years ago , and these will ...
... feet by fully 3,000 feet , and thus eliminate many of the present curves and much of the grade . Chief Engi- neer Hood's reports contain some modi- fications of his first series of surveys , made some years ago , and these will ...
Page 43
... feet is temporary , built to carry the track of the construction railway . Creating a New Harbor By N. A. Bowers World's Great Canals and Their Builders III . The Kaiser. A T San Pedro , thirty miles south of Los Angeles , California , a ...
... feet is temporary , built to carry the track of the construction railway . Creating a New Harbor By N. A. Bowers World's Great Canals and Their Builders III . The Kaiser. A T San Pedro , thirty miles south of Los Angeles , California , a ...
Page 46
... feet square and 20 feet high , will be erected at either end . These monoliths are calculated to prevent the ends of the breakwater from slipping ; they may also be used as light - house towers if it is found desirable to establish ...
... feet square and 20 feet high , will be erected at either end . These monoliths are calculated to prevent the ends of the breakwater from slipping ; they may also be used as light - house towers if it is found desirable to establish ...
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