The Practice of Embanking Lands from the Sea: Treated as a Means of Profitable Employment for Capital; with Examples and Particulars of Actual Embankments; and Also Practical Remarks on the Repair of Old Sea-wallsVirtue & Company, 1872 - 241 pages |
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THE EMBANKMENT p 7 division of this head into | 1 |
force of windcombined force of wind and wavewave being 6 feet deep | 9 |
dimensionssectionsluicestime of runningcatchwater drainland | 11 |
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