 | Thomas Jefferson - 1803 - 388 pages
...the hill on both sides, is one solid rock of limestone. ...The arch approaches the serai-elliptical form ; ,but 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... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 802 pages
...with the hill on both fides, is one fclid rock of lirae-ftone. The arch approaches tie ftmi-elliptical form; but the larger axis of the ellipsis, which would be the cord of the arch, is much louger than the tranfverfe. Though the to of this bridge are provided in fome parts with a parapet... | |
 | Francis Hall - 1818 - 344 pages
...of earth, which gives growth to many large trees: the residue, with the hill on both sides, is one solid rock of limestone. The 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.... | |
 | 1822 - 466 pages
...works. 96 •v.~.*..': --'it. '.-. 1UTURAZ. BRIDGE IS TIIXOINU. It is on the ascent of a hill, whicl seems to have been cloven through its length by some...the larger axis of the ellipsis, which would be the chord of the arch, is many times longer than its transverse. Though the sides of this bridge are provided... | |
 | Adam Hodgson - 1824 - 438 pages
...of earth which gives growth to many large trees ; the residue, with the hill on both sides, is one solid rock of limestone. The 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.... | |
 | Bernhard (Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) - 1828 - 478 pages
...of earth, which gives growth to many large trees. The residue, with the hill on both sides, is one solid rock of limestone. — The arch approaches the...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 pages
...of earth, which gives growth to many large trees: the residue, with the hill on both sides, is one solid rock of limestone. The arch approaches the semi-elliptical...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 - 360 pages
...of earth, which gives growth to many large trees: the residue, with the hill on both sides, is one solid rock of limestone. The arch approaches the semi-elliptical...; but the larger axis of the ellipsis, which would he the chord of the arch, is many times longer than the transverse. Though the sides of this bridge... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1831 - 236 pages
...of earth, which gives growth to many large trees. The 'residue, with the hill on both sides, is one solid rock of 'limestone. The arch approaches 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,... | |
 | A. N. - 1833 - 110 pages
...coat of earth, which gives growth to many large trees. The residue with the hill on both sides is one solid rock of limestone. The arch approaches the semi-elliptical...be the cord of the arch is many times longer than the transverse. Though the sides of this bridge are provided with a parapet of fixed rocks, yet few... | |
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... 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 one solid rock of limestone. The arch approaches the Semielliptical form; but the larger axis of... 
