 The direction of the slide is sometimes straight, and sometimes zig-zag, with an inclination of from 10° to 18°. It is often carried along the sides of hills and the flanks of precipitous rocks, and sometimes passes over their summits. Occasionally...  The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal - Page 1031820Full view - About this book
 | Science - 1820 - 442 pages
...rugged precipices, of granite. The direction of the slide is sometimes straight, and sometimes 2ig-zag, with an inclination of from 10° to 18°. It is often...ground, and at other times it is conducted over the deep gorges by scaffoldings 120 feet in height. The boldness which characterises this work ; the sagacity... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...attached, iu a very ingenious m;inrier, to the rugged precipices of granite. : . • ••» . . . ... The direction of the slide is sometimes straight and...sometimes zigzag, with an inclination of from 10 to 18 degrees. It is often carried along the sides of hills and the flanks of precipitous rocks, and sometimes... | |
 | Great Britain - 1820 - 866 pages
...precipices nl cjjnite. The direction of the slide is sometimes straight and sometimes zig zag, nitii an inclination of from 10° to 18° ; it is often carried along the sides of precipitous roil-, and sometimes over their summit ; occasionally it goes under ground, and at others... | |
 | 1823 - 792 pages
...manyplaces attached, in a very ingenious manner, to the rugged precipices of granite. The direction was sometimes straight, and sometimes zig-zag, with an inclination of from 10° to 18° ; it was carried along the sides of hills, and the ranks, and sometimes the summits, of precipitous rocks... | |
 | Walter Scott - Europe - 1823 - 780 pages
...places attached, in a very ingenious manner, to the rugged precipices of granite. The direction was sometimes straight, and sometimes zig-zag, with an inclination of from 10° to 18° ; it was carried along the sides of hills, and the ranks, and sometimes the summits, of precipitous rocks... | |
 | Europe - 1823 - 784 pages
...places attached, in a very ingenious manner, to th« rugged precipices of granite. The direction w^s sometimes straight, and sometimes zig-zag, with an inclination of from 10° to is ; it was carried along the sides of hills, and the ranks, and sometimes the summits, of precipitous... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 370 pages
...supports, and, in many places, is attached in a very ingenious manner ta the rugged pieces of granite. The direction of the slide is sometimes straight and...10° to 18° ; it is often carried along the sides of precipitous rocks, and sometimes over their summit ; occasionally it goes under ground, and at others... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 382 pages
...rugged precipices of granite. The direction of the slide is sometimes straight and sometimes zig zag, with an inclination of from 10° to 18° ; it is often carried along the sides of precipitous rocks, and sometimes over their summit ; occasionally it goes under ground, and at others... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1829 - 482 pages
...and in many places it is attached, in a very ingenious manner, to the rugged precipices of granite. the direction of the slide is sometimes straight,...under ground, and at other times it is conducted over * These dates must be erroneout, us Mr. Pluj'foir saw the slide in operatioa in 1816.— Ed, M«cb.... | |
 | Charles Babbage - Industrialists - 1832 - 352 pages
...and in many places it is attached, in a very ingenious manner, to the rugged precipices of granite. " The direction of the slide is sometimes straight,...ground, and at other times it is conducted over the deep gorges by scaffoldings 120 feet in height. " The boldness which characterises this work, the sagacity... | |
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