The Architectural magazine . ovement on the part of the capstans would havethrown it beyond the line; in which case the success of tiie oper-ation would have been rendered extremely doubtful. Here thenwas a great difficulty at the moment almost of success, a ship-wreck within sight of port; and for some little time, I believe,M. Lebas himself was in much perplexity. He, however, whohad lowered it safely in Egypt under the greatest disadvantages,who had brought it across the sea, and placed it so nearly at itsdestination, was not found wanting at this critical moment. Heapplied the battering-ra
The Architectural magazine . ovement on the part of the capstans would havethrown it beyond the line; in which case the success of tiie oper-ation would have been rendered extremely doubtful. Here thenwas a great difficulty at the moment almost of success, a ship-wreck within sight of port; and for some little time, I believe,M. Lebas himself was in much perplexity. He, however, whohad lowered it safely in Egypt under the greatest disadvantages,who had brought it across the sea, and placed it so nearly at itsdestination, was not found wanting at this critical moment. Heapplied the battering-ram, and one fortunate and well-directedblow drove the enormous mass exactly to the required line. Itnow only needed then to be raised perpendicularly; and an exa-mination of the diagram, ^^. 105., will, perhaps, sufficiently ex-plain the means he made use of for this purpose. It was about half-past eleven in the morning when the firstsignal was given, and the capstans put in motion, and in less 0« the Obelisk from Lnxor. recently elevated in Paris. 471 than ten minutes the end of the obelisk had described an arcof 10 ft. At this moment, a slight crash was heard, and theoperations were immediately suspended. As may be easilyimagined, the feelings of anxiety and excitement which pervadedthe breasts of all the immense multitude assembled, became in-tense in the extreme ; but after the expiration of an hour, duringwhich time additional precautions were taken, the capstans wereagain put in motion, and without the least oscillation theimmense mass was gradually raised into its present situation;where, as a French architect writes, it will probably remainuntil some terrific convulsion of our globe occur to displace time really occupied in raising it from the horizontalposition, deducting that employed in readjusting the machinery, Explanation of References in fig. 105. a. Upper end of the inclined plane. b. Level platform of rough masonrj, forming a continuation of the pla
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