Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth CenturyRoutledge, Robert
History
Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century
Routledge, Robert
Inventions -- History -- 19th century
118. The same 239
119. Official Trial of “Harvey’s Sea Torpedo” 239
120. Model of Submarine Guns 240
121. The Warner Experiment off Brighton 241
122. Portrait of M. Lesseps 249
123. The Sand-Glass 253
124. A Group of Egyptian Fellahs and their Wives 254
125. Dredges and Elevators at Work 255
126. Map of the Suez Canal 256
127. Port Saïd, the Mediterranean Entrance to the Suez 257
Canal
128. Bird’s-eye View of Port Saïd 258
129. One of the Breakwaters at Port Saïd 259
130. Lake Timsah and Ismaïlia 259
131. Railway Station at Ismaïlia 260
132. The Viceroy of Egypt cutting Embankment 261
133. Map of the Manchester Ship Canal, Western Portion 263
134. Map of the Manchester Ship Canal, Eastern Portion 263
135. A Cutting for the Manchester Ship Canal 265
136. Blasting Rocks for the Manchester Ship Canal 266
137. Manchester Ship Canal Works, Runcorn 267
137_a_. The French Steam Navvy 268
137_b_. The English Steam Navvy 269
137_c_. Sketch Map of the North Sea Canal 271
138. Britannia Bridge, Menai Straits 276
139. Diagram showing Strains 278
140. Ditto 279
141. Girder 279
142. Ditto 279
143. Ditto 280
144. Section of a Tube of the Britannia Bridge 281
145. Albert Bridge, Saltash 283
146. Clifton Suspension Bridge, near Bristol 285
147. Section of Shaft 286
147_a_. Clifton Suspension Bridge, Niagara 288
147_b_. Living Model of the Cantilever Principle 291
147_c_. Principal Dimensions of the Forth Bridge 294
147_d_. Map of the Tower Bridge and its Approaches 299
147_e_. The Tower Bridge 301
147_f_. Sketch 302
148. Newspaper Printing-Room 305
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