Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . 3 45 Feet Inclius tion. jier 1 1 in 1 in 76 69 1 1 in fu 92 1 1 in :« , 1 in 29 1H4 ! 1 in M i 1 in IS) 277 1 in 14 369 1 1 in 11 462 28359W263855 1 in 125 1 in 100 1 in1 in1 in1 inJ in1 in1 iu1 in1 in1 in. perMile. 42531IJ6117132151176211264352406528 Inclined planes were used for raising the galleysand triremes
Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . 3 45 Feet Inclius tion. jier 1 1 in 1 in 76 69 1 1 in fu 92 1 1 in :« , 1 in 29 1H4 ! 1 in M i 1 in IS) 277 1 in 14 369 1 1 in 11 462 28359W263855 1 in 125 1 in 100 1 in1 in1 in1 inJ in1 in1 iu1 in1 in1 in. perMile. 42531IJ6117132151176211264352406528 Inclined planes were used for raising the galleysand triremes of the Greeks from the waters of theCorinthian or the CenelireiBn Sea, for transportationacross the Isthmus of torinth. This was the I^iol-cns or drawing-place, 40 stadia or 5 miles in length,the narrowest passage betwiuMi the two gulfs. Acanal was attempted at this point by Julius Cssar,Caligula, Nero ; the ridge of native rock defeated allthe attempts ; it is very hard, and can hardly lieworked without blasting. The incline was againvised in the wars of the Genoese and Turks. Inc/incd p/aiies and lifts for raising and loweringcanal-boats from one level to another, as a substi-tute for locks, are mentioned by Smcaton in systems are used on the English canals, in theneighborhood of Taunton ; 80 feet of rise are over-come in this way. The inclinrd plane has a steam-engine on the sum-mit, wdiich, by means of a drum and (diain, haulsup the cradle containing the boat. incli
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