. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 1842] THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 69 am informed, by the passengers in the steam boats. All were excitedâall â were delighted at the Success of the experiment, and congratulation upon congratulation flowed in upon Mr. CuUtt for the magnificent manner in which he had carried his project into execution. As a proof of the easy, graceful, and swimming style with which Round Down Cliff, under the gentle force and irresistible influence of Plulus and Pluto combined,
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 1842] THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 69 am informed, by the passengers in the steam boats. All were excitedâall â were delighted at the Success of the experiment, and congratulation upon congratulation flowed in upon Mr. CuUtt for the magnificent manner in which he had carried his project into execution. As a proof of the easy, graceful, and swimming style with which Round Down Cliff, under the gentle force and irresistible influence of Plulus and Pluto combined, curlseyed down to meet the reluctant embraces of astonished Neptune, 1 need only mention that the flagstaff, which was standing on the summit of the cliff before the explosion took place, de- scended uninjured with the fallen debris. No fossil remains of the slightest importance were brought to light, which was a matter of disappointment to many. A very few even of the most Ordinary character were found among the mass, which it may well be imagined was soon after the explosion, teeming- with the curious multitude from the cliffs above anxious to obtain some relic of the event. On examining the position occupied by the debris of the overthrown cliff, we were much pleased to find it more favourably disposed than we could have conceived possible. Instead of occupying the site of the proposed railway at the foot of the cliff, it had by its acquired velocity slid past it. and left comparatively little indeed to be removed. At some considerable distance from the cliff, the fragments appeared to be heaved up into a ridge, higher than any other part, forming a small valley towards the cliff, and another seaward, beyond which a second ridge appeared, when it finally slopes of! towards the sea. The chalk was by no means hard, and appeared thoroughly saturated with water. The great bulk of the fragments ranged from about 2 to perhaps 8 or ten cubic feet, although we observed a vast num
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