. The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels and canals, in various parts of the world . Ancient Bridge ever tne Uii i4iiiinii Norwegian Bridge. CHAPTER VIII. Iron Bridges, History of.—Soiitliwark Bridge.—Telfords IronBridges.—Timber Bridges of Germany.—Floating Bridges.—Suspension Bridges of America and Asia.—Conditions of Sus-pension Bridges.—Telfords Menai Bridge, &c.—BrightonSuspension Pier.—Fribourg Suspension Bridge.—Hammer-smith Suspension Bridge. Among the many remarkable applications of that
. The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels and canals, in various parts of the world . Ancient Bridge ever tne Uii i4iiiinii Norwegian Bridge. CHAPTER VIII. Iron Bridges, History of.—Soiitliwark Bridge.—Telfords IronBridges.—Timber Bridges of Germany.—Floating Bridges.—Suspension Bridges of America and Asia.—Conditions of Sus-pension Bridges.—Telfords Menai Bridge, &c.—BrightonSuspension Pier.—Fribourg Suspension Bridge.—Hammer-smith Suspension Bridge. Among the many remarkable applications of that valuablemetal iron, its use in the construction of bridges is worthyof our notice. It has been asserted of the English, as anation, that Avith all their powers of application and im-provement, they are Avanting in invention. It is scarcelyworth while to enquire into the truth of this assertion;for in the case before us, the merit is due solely to theEnglish, of inventing, applying, and improving Ironbridofes: and it is not unnatural that, with our eminentskill in iron manufactory, that metal should be employedin the construction of bridges, in situations Avhere stoneis not ea
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