Hydraulia; ...Simpkin, 1835 |
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... contain facts and details of considerable import- ance relating to water - works ; but unfortunately for the public , the knowledge of them is confined to a very limited circle . From those authentic documents the author has viii PREFACE .
... contain facts and details of considerable import- ance relating to water - works ; but unfortunately for the public , the knowledge of them is confined to a very limited circle . From those authentic documents the author has viii PREFACE .
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... containing twenty - six perches in length and one in breadth , together with all the springs in the manor of Paddington , in consideration of the City paying for ever to the said Abbot and his successors , on the Feast of St. Peter ...
... containing twenty - six perches in length and one in breadth , together with all the springs in the manor of Paddington , in consideration of the City paying for ever to the said Abbot and his successors , on the Feast of St. Peter ...
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... containing various other important provisions , the charter has one which invests the Lord Chancellor with the power of appointing sixteen commissioners to adjust any differences that may occur , respecting the pro- perty required for ...
... containing various other important provisions , the charter has one which invests the Lord Chancellor with the power of appointing sixteen commissioners to adjust any differences that may occur , respecting the pro- perty required for ...
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... containing about 70,000 houses , of course requires a very large quantity of water for their various purposes . In the year 1827 , the works daily supplied , at the height of 144 feet above the level of the Thames , about 1,730,000 ...
... containing about 70,000 houses , of course requires a very large quantity of water for their various purposes . In the year 1827 , the works daily supplied , at the height of 144 feet above the level of the Thames , about 1,730,000 ...
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... containing both , besides a main of large iron pipes , which altogether cost about 30,000l . The Chelsea Water Works are situate at the north- east part of Chelsea Reach , on the bank of the river Thames , whence the whole of the water ...
... containing both , besides a main of large iron pipes , which altogether cost about 30,000l . The Chelsea Water Works are situate at the north- east part of Chelsea Reach , on the bank of the river Thames , whence the whole of the water ...
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abundance Act of Parliament adapted advantages afford amount aqueduct arches augment bagnios basin baths Bridge canal capacious channel Chelsea circumstances cisterns Commissioners conduits considerable consists Constantinople constructed contrivances convey the water conveying water diameter dimensions Dioclesian district effect elevation employed engineer erected establishments estimated expense filter formed formerly fountains furnished Grand Junction Grand Junction Canal Gyllius height Hence houses improvements inches ingenious inhabitants latter length likewise London London Bridge marble means ment metropolis miles Minutes of Evidence mode object obtained occasioned operations Ourcq pany Parliament pecuniary period persons pillars present principal probably procure proved pump purpose quantity of water Regent's Canal remarkable render reservoir river Clyde river Colne river Lea river Thames Roman 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 whilst whole
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Page 351 - And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head should carry all he knew.
Page 166 - Visits each plant, and waters all the ground ; While that in pipes beneath the palace flows, And thence its current on the town bestows : To various use their various streams they bring, The people one, and one supplies the king.
Page 257 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or on wide waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air...
Page 224 - Spikenard and saffron; Calamus and cinnamon, With all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, With all the chief spices: A fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And streams from Lebanon.
Page 343 - ... trade between Putney Bridge and Greenwich ; and upon the circumstance that the eels imported from Holland can now with great difficulty be kept alive in those parts of the Thames where they were formerly preserved in perfect health.
Page 16 - Street], for to see them after the old custom. And afore dinner they hunted the hare and killed her, and thence to dinner at the head of the Conduit.
Page 51 - Now for the fruits then: Flow forth, precious spring, So long and dearly sought for, and now bring Comfort to all that love thee, loudly sing, And with thy crystal murmurs strook together, Bid all thy true well-wishers welcome hither.
Page 8 - London," tells us that, in 1439, "the Abbot of Westminster granted to Robert Large, the mayor, and citizens of London, and their successors, one head of water, containing twenty-six perches in length and one in breadth, together with all its springs in the manor of Paddington ; in consideration of which grant the City is for ever to pay to the said abbot and his successors, at the feast of St. Peter, two peppercorns. But if the intended work should...
Page 197 - Whither the great Tarquinian genius dooms Each wave impure ; and proud with added rains, Hark how the mighty billows lash their vaults, And thunder ; how they heave their rocks in vain ! Though now incessant time has roll'd around A thousand winters o'er the changeful world, And yet a thousand since, 111' indignant floods Roar loud in their firm bounds, and dash and swell, In vain ; convey'd to Tiber's lowest wave.
Page 52 - whose successful care, " assisted by the patronage of his King, " conveyed this stream to LONDON ; " an immortal work. " Since man cannot more nearly " imitate the Deity,