Hydraulia: An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Waterworks of London and the Contrivances for Supplying Other Great CitiesSimpkin, 1835 - 454 pages |
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... establishments for supplying water , correct information concerning them is strikingly limited . For although numerous and capacious con- duits beneath the surface of our streets , with their ramifications , convey water to the loftiest ...
... establishments for supplying water , correct information concerning them is strikingly limited . For although numerous and capacious con- duits beneath the surface of our streets , with their ramifications , convey water to the loftiest ...
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... Establishments of England and Scotland ; his project to supply Paris . Commission consisting of M. Prony , & c ... Establishment . Proposal of Messrs . Lee and Taylor to Louis Philip . Remarkable Fountains : the Innocents , Popincourt ...
... Establishments of England and Scotland ; his project to supply Paris . Commission consisting of M. Prony , & c ... Establishment . Proposal of Messrs . Lee and Taylor to Louis Philip . Remarkable Fountains : the Innocents , Popincourt ...
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... Establishments . Machinery employed in the operations at London , & c . Steam - engines , Valves , & c . Sources of Water at differ- ent places : Variations in the mode of supplying it , as well as quantities supplied . Reflections upon ...
... Establishments . Machinery employed in the operations at London , & c . Steam - engines , Valves , & c . Sources of Water at differ- ent places : Variations in the mode of supplying it , as well as quantities supplied . Reflections upon ...
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... establishments , the proprietors were unable to furnish water at the same moderate rates , and therefore the want of encouragement occasioned the dis- continuance of the works . Their site is now possessed by the New River Company ; and ...
... establishments , the proprietors were unable to furnish water at the same moderate rates , and therefore the want of encouragement occasioned the dis- continuance of the works . Their site is now possessed by the New River Company ; and ...
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... establishments likewise existed formerly for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of the me- tropolis . The ... establishment , called Mer- chant's Water Works , which had " three engines , viz . * Stow's Survey , edited by Strype ...
... establishments likewise existed formerly for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of the me- tropolis . The ... establishment , called Mer- chant's Water Works , which had " three engines , viz . * Stow's Survey , edited by Strype ...
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abundance Act of Parliament adapted advantages afford amount aqueduct arches bagnios basin baths Burdett canal channel Chelsea circumstances cisterns Commissioners Committee conduits considerable consists Constantinople constructed contrivances conveying water cubic feet diameter Dioclesian district effect elevation employed engineer erected establishments estimated expense filter flows formed formerly fountains furnished gallons Grand Junction Grand Junction Canal height Hence houses improvements inches ingenious inhabitants iron pipes latter length likewise London Bridge marble means ment metropolis miles Mills Minutes of Evidence nearly object obtained occasioned operations Ourcq pany pecuniary period persons portion present principal probably procure proved pump purpose quantity of water realize Regent's Canal remarkable render reservoir river Clyde river Colne River Company river Lea river Thames Romans Rome scheme side Sir Francis Burdett situate springs statement steam-engines stream Street supply of water Telford Thames tion tunnels various Water Companies water-works whole