The Story of John Smeaton and the Eddystone LighthouseT. Nelson and Sons, 1876 - 117 من الصفحات |
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... stone , and of a very considerable elevation , it was equally a notable landmark from the low sandy Egyptian plains and from the surrounding waters . It is generally believed that this splendid erection , which is estimated to have ...
... stone , and of a very considerable elevation , it was equally a notable landmark from the low sandy Egyptian plains and from the surrounding waters . It is generally believed that this splendid erection , which is estimated to have ...
الصفحة 13
... stone , its separate layers of masonry are cemented together by molten lead , and this so firmly , that the whole is indissoluble , though the northern waves incessantly beat against it . From the rock to the middle gallery or stage the ...
... stone , its separate layers of masonry are cemented together by molten lead , and this so firmly , that the whole is indissoluble , though the northern waves incessantly beat against it . From the rock to the middle gallery or stage the ...
الصفحة 30
... stone , and intrusted the work to a mathematical instrument maker , named John Smeaton , who had already acquired a reputation as an ingenious mechanician . Smeaton at this time was thirty - two years of age . As we shall tell the story ...
... stone , and intrusted the work to a mathematical instrument maker , named John Smeaton , who had already acquired a reputation as an ingenious mechanician . Smeaton at this time was thirty - two years of age . As we shall tell the story ...
الصفحة 31
... stone . over , Winstanley and Rudyerd had wasted much valuable time , from the difficulty of landing on the rock , and the impossibility of working on it continuously for any length of time . But Smea- ton proposed to moor a vessel ...
... stone . over , Winstanley and Rudyerd had wasted much valuable time , from the difficulty of landing on the rock , and the impossibility of working on it continuously for any length of time . But Smea- ton proposed to moor a vessel ...
الصفحة 32
... stone , weighing two tons five hundredweight , was laid on the 12th . On the next day was finished the first course , consisting of four stones , so ingeniously dove - tailed into one another and into the rock as to form a single ...
... stone , weighing two tons five hundredweight , was laid on the 12th . On the next day was finished the first course , consisting of four stones , so ingeniously dove - tailed into one another and into the rock as to form a single ...
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الصفحة 117 - THE LIGHTHOUSE. THE rocky ledge runs far into the sea, And on its outer point, some miles away, The Lighthouse lifts its massive masonry, A pillar of fire by night, of cloud by day.
الصفحة 106 - His mind was as clear as crystal, and his demonstrations will be found mathematically conclusive. To this day there are no writings so valuable as his in the highest walks of scientific engineering ; and when young men ask me, as they frequently do, what they should read, I invariably say, 'Go to Smeaton's philosophical papers; read them, master them thoroughly, and nothing will be of greater service to you.
الصفحة 112 - To the dulling of my spirits : sit down and rest. Even here I will put off my hope, and keep it No longer for my flatterer : he is drown'd Whom thus we stray to find ; and the sea mocks Our frustrate search on land.
الصفحة 48 - He forged his iron and steel, and melted his metal ; he had tools of every sort for working in wood, ivory, and metals. He had made a lathe by which he...
الصفحة 117 - A speechless wrath. that rises and subsides In the white lip and tremour of the face . And, as the evening darkens , lo ! how bright , Through the deep purple of the twilight air , Beams forth the sudden radiance of its light , With strange, unearthly...
الصفحة 27 - With that Winstanley went his way, And left the rock renowned, And summer and winter his pilot star Hung bright o'er Plymouth Sound. But it fell out, fell out at last, That he would put to sea, To scan once more his lighthouse tower On the rock o