Download or read book The Construction of a Small Tunnel Classic Reprint written by John George Gale Kerry and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Construction of a Small Tunnel When the contractors had full forces, the excavation was carried on by day and night shifts, working ten hours each from both ends of the tunnel. It was but rarely, however, that full forces were employed, as the adjacent grading was more backward than the tunnel and the men were drawn 06 to it. The excavation was all done by hand work, no special tunnel machinery being employed, and it was conducted on the general principle that nothing is so expensive in tunneling as a eave-ia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book A General Report Upon the Initiation and Construction of the Tunnel Under the East River New York to the President and Directors of the East River Gas Company Classic Reprint written by Charles M. Jacobs and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-05 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A General Report Upon the Initiation and Construction of the Tunnel Under the East River, New York, to the President and Directors of the East River Gas Company It will thus be seen that to make core borings was not feasible, even allowing that such an impediment to the narrow water-way would have been permissible, and there fore it was determined to make drill soundings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Severn Tunnel written by Thomas A. Walker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Severn Tunnel: Its Construction and Difficulties, 1872-1887 I was engaged for seven years on tlze construction of tlze Severn Tunnel, and during tlz is period many 'visitors inspected tlze works. Mr. Bentley ka p pened on one occasion to come down from London, and, after spending tlze oest part of a day on t/ze works, appeared to oe muck interested by wkat lze saw. Indeed, 'very sliortly after kis return ke wrote to me to ask t/zat I would place upon record some account of tlze construe tion of tiie Tunnel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Tunneling written by Charles Prelini and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-26 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tunneling: A Practical Treatise During the few years that have elapsed since the publica tion Of the first edition Of this work, the art Of tunneling through different soils and especially under large bodies of water, has made considerable progress. During the last ten years, no less than eight subaqueous tunnels involving the construction of sixteen tubes have been constructed for the service Of the city Of New York alone. The reader Will, no doubt, also recall the tunnels under the Boston Harbor, the St. Clair, the Charles and Detroit Rivers in our own country as well as the tunnels under the Thames and the Seine in Europe. Engineers, contractors and workmen have acquired such experience in these difficult underground and under-river construction that the work is now undertaken Without any Of the fear and hesitation that were associated With the earlier enterprises. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Shield and Compressed Air Tunneling Classic Reprint written by Bertram Henry Majendie Hewett and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-14 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Shield and Compressed Air Tunneling Tunneling is a branch of Engineering, therefore, which the student, whether still in college or grown gray in bending the forces of nature to the use and benefit of mankind, cannot and must not neglect. N o matter what his special branch may be, the engineer may be called upon to take his part in the construe tion of a tunnel or in deciding whether he shall or shall not build a tunnel, and if so, by what method he shall build it. He may be the chief on whose shoulders rest the responsibilities of making the final decision and of directing the efforts of a staff of experts, or he may be a youngster fresh from college, serving his first term as a draftsman, inspector or rodman on the design or construction of such a tunnel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Progress of the City Tunnel of the Catskill Aqueduct Classic Reprint written by Walter E. Spear and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Progress of the City Tunnel of the Catskill Aqueduct The somewhat irregular course Of the tunnel in some portions Of the City, notably on the lower East Side, is the result of the policy of locating the line beneath public streets and parks and avoiding as far as possible the expense of acquiring easements under private property. Of the 93 870 ft. Of the City Tunnel, only 722 ft., or three - fourths of 1% of the entire line, is under private prop erty where easements have had to be purchased, and out of the 24 shafts, only 4 had to be located on private lands. A straight line for the tunnel in many localities would have offered some economy in construction, but the experience in acquiring the easements for the pressure tunnel of the new Croton Aqueduct indicated that this economy would have been offset many times by the cost of acquiring rights under private lands. Furthermore, a tunnel in the rock under private property would always be exposed to injury from drill holes for elevator wells and other purposes made by persons ignorant of the location of the tunnel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Construction of Large Tunnel Shafts written by J. H. Watson Buck and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Construction of Large Tunnel Shafts: A Practical and Theoretical Essay This little work has been written in compliance with the request of several professional friends of the author, who were aware that he has had considerable practical ex perience in the construction of Tunnels, and has always taken an interest in the accurate execution of works of the character forming the subject of the present essay. The author has now much pleasure in publishing the results of his investigation of this important subject, which does not appear to have been alluded to in any treatise upon stone-cutting hitherto published. The practical man will at once perceive the great advantage of being able to work every stone in the base of a large shaft, by means of templates, above ground; thus insuring accurate work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Tunneling written by Eugene Lauchli and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tunneling: Short and Long Tunnels of Small and Large Section Driven Through Hard and Soft Materials The preparation of this treatise on tunneling was undertaken as an endeavor to supply practicing engineers and contractors with such information as is needed most usually in tunnel work, and to present students with the underlying principles indispensable to the solution of the many problems met with in driving tunnels serving miscellaneous purposes. It is no small task to give, within the scope of this book, all such information as may be expected by tunnel men in general; such subjects as drilling machinery and equipment, compressor and ventilating plants, explosives and their use, etc., which alone would make a book, together with bulky descriptions bearing on the driving of individual tunnels, have necessarily been avoided or dwelt upon only briefly, and the text has been reduced to a minimum. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Railway Tunnelling in Heavy Ground Classic Reprint written by Charles F. Gripper and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Railway Tunnelling in Heavy Ground Tms book, or treatise on Tunnelling, is not supposed by the author to contain anything new or unknown to Engineers or Contractors generally, nor does it contain formulw or positive rules for constructing such works, as none can be laid down, no two Tunnels ever being exactly similar in conditions affecting their construction. The author believes, however, that his practice and experience as a Civil Engineer and Contractor will enable him to give such information to assistant Engineers and Con tractors' assistants as will materially help them, and by describing the general methods and requirements to be adopted in com mencing and carrying out Tunnel works, place young Engineers, who may not have much experience in this class of work, in a position to understand what is wanted or what is going on, when called upon to commence a Tunnel, or to take charge of and superintend the works of one already commenced; and so that they may not become tools in the hands of the foreman miner or bricklayer, who in many cases have the work let to them by sub-contract, and who will immediately take advantage of inexperience, to the detriment of the work, disgrace to the management, and loss to the chief Contractor and all concerned in the well-being of the line of Railway. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Uses of Compressed Air written by Addison C. Rand and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-04 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Uses of Compressed Air: With Illustrations The most important application of compressed air in the past has been that to rock drills in tunnels and mines, and in both these fields of activity the drill has accomplished wonders within a decade. America can claim, at Hoosac Tunnel, the first general application of the rock drill, followed by the work at Hell Gate, and in all the tunnels of the Alps, and in our own and other countries. The New York Aqueduct, 30 miles in length, was made with such remarkable speed only by the use of compressed air driving the rock borers. Another instance of rapid tunnelling by the use of compressed air is cited in the work at Niagara Falls, where 50 feet of tunnel was excavated in the short space of six months, and it is to be observed that, in locations permitting the use of shafts at frequent intervals, a tunnel ten miles in length can be constructed as quickly as that of one mile. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Construction of a Small Tunnel written by John George Gale Kerry and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Information Relating to the Construction of the Tunnel with a View written by Thames Tunnel Company and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Shall We Have a Channel Tunnel written by Horace Courtenay Gammell Forbes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-23 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Shall We Have a Channel Tunnel?: A Lecture, Delivered in Aberdeen, on Tuesday, February 6th, 1883 This book is entitled Correspondence with reference to the proposed Construction of a Channel Tunnel, presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, 1882. Printed at the War Office. It consists of 368 pages, containing correspondence, reports of Committees, evidence, and opinions of military authorities, prefaced by a Pre'cis or Summary of eight pages. This summary gives a brief historical account or narra tive of the proceedings in connection with the Tunnel scheme; and I propose first giving you this in a brief form, placing the circumstances before you as there given in order of time, and after that give fuller extracts from the 368 pages I mentioned just above. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Water Works and Pipe Lines Railroad and Tunnel Construction Hydroelectric Plants written by T. A. Gillespie Company and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Water Works and Pipe Lines, Railroad and Tunnel Construction, Hydroelectric Plants: All Kinds of Concrete and Masonry Work, Steam Shovel Work, Dredging, Etc., Etc The contract is for the construction of a deep pressure tunnel under the Hudson River from Cornwall to Storm King, N. Y., a distance of feet. There are two shafts. One on either side of the River, the east Shaft being I, I32 feet deep, and the west shaft I, I59 feet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Channel Tunnel written by Sandy Donovan and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the building of the Channel Tunnel, which connects England and France, with emphasis on the difficulties of digging a tunnel where some engineers said it could not be done.

Download or read book The Classical Theory of Fields written by Carl S. Helrich and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-01-11 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of classical electromagnetic fields is an adventure. The theory is complete mathematically and we are able to present it as an example of classical Newtonian experimental and mathematical philosophy. There is a set of foundational experiments, on which most of the theory is constructed. And then there is the bold theoretical proposal of a field-field interaction from James Clerk Maxwell. This textbook presents the theory of classical fields as a mathematical structure based solidly on laboratory experiments. Here the student is introduced to the beauty of classical field theory as a gem of theoretical physics. To keep the discussion fluid, the history is placed in a beginning chapter and some of the mathematical proofs in the appendices. Chapters on Green’s Functions and Laplace’s Equation and a discussion of Faraday’s Experiment further deepen the understanding. The chapter on Einstein’s relativity is an integral necessity to the text. Finally, chapters on particle motion and waves in a dispersive medium complete the picture. High quality diagrams and detailed end-of-chapter questions enhance the learning experience.

Download or read book Avant Folk Small Press Poetry Networks from 1950 to the Present written by Ross Hair and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical study of the intersection of folk and avant-garde poetics in transatlantic small press poetry networks from the 1950s up to the present.