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" The depth of the trench," he adds, "in some places descended full thirty feet, if not more, whereas in other places it required a sprightful art again to mount it over a valley in a trough, between a couple of hills, and the trough all the while borne... "
An Encyclopædia of Civil Engineering, Historical, Theoretical, and Practical - Page 544
by Edward Cresy - 1847 - 1039 pages
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The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volume 74

1812 - 1020 pages
...feet, if not «nore, whereas in other places it required as sprightfull arte againe to mount it over a valley in a trough between a couple of hills, and the 'trough all the while borne up by woodden arches, some of them fixed in the ground very deepe, and rising in heighth above 23 foot.'...
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The Youth's instructer [sic] and guardian

Youth's instructor - 1822 - 488 pages
...feet, if not more ; whereas in other places it required as sprightful arte againe to mount it over a valley in a trough between a couple of hills, and...wooden arches, some of them fixed in the ground very deepe, and rising in height above twenty-three foot." This industrious projector soon found himself...
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The flowers of literature, or, Encyclopædia of anecdote, a coll ..., Volume 1

William Oxberry - 1822 - 430 pages
...feet, if not more ; whereas, in other places, it required as sprightfull arte againe to mount it over a valley, in a trough between a couple of hills, and...wooden arches, some of them fixed in the ground very deepe, and rising in height above twenty-three foot." The industrious projector soon found himself...
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The Flowers of Literature: Consisting of Selections from History ..., Volume 1

William Oxberry - 1824 - 384 pages
...other places, it required as sprightfull arte againe to mount it over a valley, in a trough betweene a couple of hills, and the trough all the while borne up by woodden arches, some of them fixed in the ground very deepe, and rising in height above twenty-three...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben ..., Volume 3

1826 - 370 pages
...required as sprightful arte againe to mount it over a valley, in a trough betweene a couple of hils, and the trough all the while borne up by wooden arches, some of them fixed in the ground very deepe, and rising in height above twenty-three foot." The industrious projector soon found himself...
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History and Description of the Parish of Clerkenwell

Thomas Cromwell - 1828 - 540 pages
...other places, it required as sprightfull arte againe to mount it over a valley in a trough betweene a couple of hills, and the trough all the while borne up by woodden arches, some of them fixed in the ground very deepe, and rising in height above 23 foot."*...
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Hydraulia; ...

William Matthews - 1835 - 564 pages
...places it required a sprightful arte again to mount over a valley in a trough between a couple of hils ; and the trough all the while borne up by' wooden arches,...in the ground very deep, and rising in height above twenty feet." * One of these troughs, or wooden aqueducts was * Stow's Surer y, Ed. 1633. constructed...
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Hydraulia, an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Water Works of ...

William Matthews - 1835 - 522 pages
...places it required a sprightful arte again to mount over a valley in a trough between a couple of hils ; and the trough all the while borne up by wooden arches,...in the ground very deep, and rising in height above twenty feet." * One of these troughs, or wooden aqueducts was constructed near to Bush Hill, in the...
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The Repertory of patent inventions [formerly The Repertory of arts ..., Volume 4

1835 - 428 pages
...places it required a sprightful arte again to mount over a valley in a trough between a couple of hils; and the trough all the while borne up by wooden arches,...in the ground very deep, and rising in height above twenty feet."* One of these troughs, or wooden aqueducts, was constructed near to Bush Hill, in the...
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Walks Through Islington: Comprising an Historical and Descriptive Account of ...

Thomas Cromwell - 1835 - 486 pages
...other places it required as sprightfull arte againe to mount it over a valley in a trough betweene a couple of hills, and the trough all the while borne up by woodden arches, some of them fixed in the ground very deepe, and rising in heighth above twenty-three...
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