 | Royal society of arts - 1847 - 634 pages
...Thames. The first experiment was upon the Goodwin Sands, on July 16, 1845, and an iron tube of 2 feet 6 inches diameter was driven into the sand to a depth...Brethren, said, that the facility with which this large iron tube was made to descend could be compared to nothing better than shutting up a telescope. The... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1850 - 550 pages
...Thames. The first experiment was upon the Goodwin Sands, on July 16, 1845, and an iron tube of 2 feet 6 inches diameter was driven into the sand to a depth...Brethren, said, that the facility with which this large iron tube was made to descend could be compared to nothing better than shutting up a telescope. The... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1850 - 554 pages
...experiment was upon the Goodwin Sands, on July 16, 1845, and an iron tube of 2 feet 6 inches diameter wag driven into the sand to a depth of 22 feet, in two...Brethren, said, that the facility with which this large iron tube was made to descend could be compared to nothing better than shutting up a telescope. The... | |
 | Engineering - 1873 - 1082 pages
...Thames. Th« first experiment was upon the Goodwin Sands on July 16, 1815, and an iron tube of 2 feet 6 inches diameter was driven into the sand to a depth...Brethren, said, that the facility with which this Urge iron robe was made to descend could be compared to nothing better than shutting up a telescope.... | |
 | Lighthouses - 1879 - 284 pages
...Thames. The first experiment was upon the Goodwin Sunds, on July 16, 1845, and an iron tube of 2 feet 6 inches diameter was driven into the sand to a depth of 22 feet in two or three hours. Л gentleman, present at the experiment, which was made by the Trinity Brethren, said, that the facility... | |
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