 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 540 Seiten
...summit of the arch about 40 feet. A part of this thickness is constituted by a coat of earth, uhicli gives growth to many large trees. The residue, with the hill on both sides, is solid rock of lime-stone. The arch approaches the semi-elliptical form, but the larger axis of the... | |
 | Francis Hall - 1818 - 344 Seiten
...the mass at the summit of the arch, about forty feet. A part of this thickness is constitu'ted by a coat of earth, which gives growth to many large trees:...arch approaches the semi-elliptical form; but the longer axis of the ellipsis, which would be the chord of the arch, is many times longer than the transverse.... | |
 | Francis Hall - 1818 - 564 Seiten
...mass " at the summit of the arch, about forty " feet. A part of this thickness is consti" tuted by a coat of earth, which gives " growth to many large...one solid " rock of limestone. The arch approaches " thesemi-ellipticalform;butthelonger axis " of the ellipsis, which would be the chord " of the arch,... | |
 | Rev. Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 566 Seiten
...thickness of the mass at the summit of the arch about 40 feet. A part of this thickness is constituted by a coat of earth, which gives growth to many large trees. The residue, with the hill on both aides, is solid rock of lime-stone. The arch approaches the semi-elliptical form, but the larger axis... | |
 | Francis Hall - 1819 - 592 Seiten
...mass at the summit of the arch, V about forty feet. A part of this thickness is " constituted by a coat of earth, which gives "growth to many large trees:...with " the hill on both sides, is one solid rock of lime" stone. The arch approaches the semi-elliptical " form } but the longer axis of the ellipsis,... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 788 Seiten
...(tie bottom, and with the hill on both sides, is a solid rock of lime-stone. The arch approaches the the semi-elliptical form ; but the larger axis of...be the cord of the arch, is many times longer than its transverse. Although the sides of this bridge are provided in some parts with a parapet of fixed... | |
 | 1822 - 466 Seiten
...thickness of the mass at the summit of the arch about 40 feet. A part of this thickness is constituted by a coat of earth, which gives growth to many large trees : the residue, with the hill on both sides, is solid rock of limestone. The arch approaches the semi-elliptical form, but the larger axis of the ellipsis,... | |
 | Adam Hodgson - 1824 - 442 Seiten
...of the mass, at the summit of the arch, about 40 feet. A part of this thickness is constituted by a coat of earth which gives growth to many large trees;...arch approaches the semi-elliptical form; but the longer axis of the ellipsis, which would be the chord of the arch, is many times longer than the transverse.... | |
 | Karl Bernard (Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) - 1828 - 478 Seiten
...the mass, at the summit of the arch about forty feet. A part of this thickness is constituted by a coat of earth, which gives growth to many large trees....the larger axis of the ellipsis, which would be the chord of the arch, is many times longer than the transverse. Though the sides of this bridge are provided... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1830 - 362 Seiten
...* F. Hall, pp. 264—284. t Weld says: "The height of the bridge to the top of the constituted by a coat of earth, which gives growth to many large trees:...the larger axis of the ellipsis, which would be the chord of the arch, is many times longer than the transverse. Though the sides of this bridge are provided... | |
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Its breadth in the middle, is about 60 feet, but more at the ends, and the thickness of the mass at the summit of the arch, about 40 feet. A part of this thickness is constituted by a coat of earth, which gives growth to many large trees. The residue,... 
