. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. IS4I. THE CIVIL EXGIXEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURxVAL. 293 ACCOCXT of SOUE plans adopted is the north of EXGLiND OF SINKING TUllOUGH QUICE-SAXD. By EDWARD , Engiueer, Sundprl;u)d. When a "winning" numbers nmongst its contingencies an encoimier with a formidable quicksand, tlie preparations are, or ought to be, well digested as to power and appliances to overcome it. The viewer, engineer, and master sinker, each in their respective departments, take a retrospect
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. IS4I. THE CIVIL EXGIXEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURxVAL. 293 ACCOCXT of SOUE plans adopted is the north of EXGLiND OF SINKING TUllOUGH QUICE-SAXD. By EDWARD , Engiueer, Sundprl;u)d. When a "winning" numbers nmongst its contingencies an encoimier with a formidable quicksand, tlie preparations are, or ought to be, well digested as to power and appliances to overcome it. The viewer, engineer, and master sinker, each in their respective departments, take a retrospect of the means used on former occasions at other places, selecting the improvements that each adopted from previous works, which give every new " winning" an opportunity of ])rofiting by the p-sperience of the past. Boring by rods having determineil the dis- tance the sand is situated from the surficc, and also the thickness of the sand previously; this operation is re 10 feet of the diameter of the pit. We must add a clear space round at the surface of the sand, a a, of J8 Figl-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London : [William Laxton]
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