 | 1825 - 452 páginas
...the purpose of hoisting the entire line of chain to its intended station, the apex of the suspending pier, on the Anglesea side. When the blocks were made secure to the chain (comprising twenty-five ton weight of iron) two capstans, and also two preventive capstans, commenced working,... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1828 - 474 páginas
...completed in ten minutes. The uext process was fastening the other extremity of the chain, still lying on the raft, to two blocks of immense size and power,...the apex of the suspension pier on the Anglesea side ; the tension of the chain, at this time, was forty tons. When the blocks were made secure to the chain,... | |
 | John Holland - 1831 - 364 páginas
...operation was fastening the other extremity of the chain, still lying on the raft, to two large blocks for the purpose of hoisting it up to its intended...the apex of the suspension pier on the Anglesea side : the tension of the chain at this time was forty tons. When the blocks were made secure to the chain,... | |
 | 1826 - 430 páginas
...the purpose of hoisting the entire line of chain to its intended station, the apex of the suspending pier, on the Anglesea side. When the blocks were made secure to the chain (comprising twenty-five ton weight of iron) two capstans, and also two preventive capstans, commenced working,... | |
 | 1848 - 530 páginas
...nearly to high-water mark, was then made fast by a bolt to the part of the chain lying on the raft, which operation was completed in ten minutes. " The next process was the fastening the other extremity of the chain on the raft to two blocks of immense size and power for the purpose... | |
 | William Cathrall - 1851 - 354 páginas
...nearly to high-water mark, was then made fast by a bolt to the part of the chain lying on the raft ; which operation was completed in ten minutes. The...hoisting it up to its intended station, the apex of the suspending pier on the Anglesey side. The tension of the chain was forty tons. When the blocks were... | |
 | John Hicklin (of Chester.) - 1853 - 352 páginas
...nearly to highwater mark, was then made fast by a bolt to the part of the chain laying on the raft, which operation was completed in ten minutes. "The...intended station, the apex of the suspension pier on the Anglesey side. When the blocks were made secure to the chain (comprising twenty-five tons weight of... | |
 | Henry Irwin Jenkinson - 1878 - 590 páginas
...the hi^h-water mark, was then made fast by a bolt to the main part of the chain lying on the raft ; which operation was completed in ten minutes. The...chain on the raft to two blocks, of immense size and powtr, for the purpose of hoisting it up to its intended station, the apex of the suspending pier on... | |
 | Henry Irwin Jenkinson - 1883 - 610 páginas
...the high-water mark, was then made fast by a bolt to the main part of the chain lying on the raft ; which operation was completed in ten minutes. The...hoisting it up to its intended station, the apex of the suspending pier on the Anglesey side. The tension of the chain was 40 tons. When the blocks were made... | |
 | 1825 - 500 páginas
...the purpose of hoisting the entire line of chain to its intended station, the apex of the suspending pier on the Anglesea side. When the blocks were made secure to the chain (comprising twenty-five ton weight of iron), two capstans, and 158 The Menai Bridge near Bangor, Carnarvonshire.... | |
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... on the raft ; which operation was completed in ten minutes. " The next process was the fastening of the other extremity of the chain on the raft to two blocks of immense size and power, for the purpose of hoisting it up to its intended station, the... 