 | Art - 1808 - 674 pages
...bottom about fifty feet, and at top about ninety feet. The passage over it is about sixty feet wide, and the thickness of the mass at the summit of the arch, about forty feet. Though the sides uf this bridge arc-, provided in some parts with a parapet of fixed rocks, yet few... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Indians of North America - 1803 - 388 pages
...the length of, the" brixfge^and its height from the water. Its breadth in; tha mid,dle, is about 60 feet,, but more at the ends, and the thickness of the mass, at the summit of the arch, about 40 feet. A- part of this .thickness is constituted by a coat of earth, which gives growth to many,... | |
 | Thomas Smith - Civilization - 1804 - 356 pages
...bridge, and its elevation from the water. Its breadth in the middle is about sixty feet, but :oore at the ends, and the thickness of the mass at the summit of the' arch is about forty feet. A part of this thickness is constituted by a coat of earth, which gives growth... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1810 - 346 pages
...about forty feet wide at the bottom, and nine feet at the top. Its breadth, in the middle, is about sixty feet, but more at the ends ; and the thickness of the mass, at the summit of the arch, above forty feet. A part of this thickness is constituted by a coat of earth, which give's growth to... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 540 pages
...breadth at bottom about 50 feet, and at top ;:bout 90 teet ; the passage over it is about 60 feet wide, and the thickness of the mass at the summit of the arch about 40 feet. A part of this thickness is constituted by a coat of earth, uhicli gives growth to many large... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 546 pages
...breadth at bottom about 50 feet, and at top about f)0 feet ; the passage over it is about 60 feet wide, and the thickness of the mass at the summit of the arch about 40 feet. A part of this thickness is constituted by a coat of earth, which gives growth to many large... | |
 | Francis Hall - Canada - 1818 - 944 pages
..." the length of the bridge, and its height " above the water. Its breadth in the " middle is about sixty feet, but more at " the ends, and the thickness...arch, about forty " feet. A part of this thickness is consti" tuted by a coat of earth, which gives " growth to many large trees : the residue, " with the... | |
 | Decorative arts - 1822 - 466 pages
...breadth at bottom about 50 feet and at top about 90 feet ; the passage over it is about 60 feet wide and the thickness of the mass at the summit of the arch about 40 feet. A part of this thickness is constituted by a coat of earth, which gives growth to many large... | |
 | Joseph Cradock - France - 1828 - 430 pages
...feet, about 45 feet wide at the bottom, and about 90 at the top ; its breadth in the middle is about 60 feet, but more at the ends ; and the thickness of the mass at the summit of the arch is about 40 feet, and part of this thickness is constituted by a coat of earth that gives growth to... | |
 | Joseph Cradock - France - 1828 - 440 pages
...feet, about 45 feet wide at the bottom, and about 90 at the top ; its breadth in the middle is about 60 feet, but more at the ends ; and the thickness of the mass at the summit of the arch is about 40 feet, and part of this thickness is constituted by a coat of earth that gives growth to... | |
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... feet. A part of this thickness is constituted by a coat of earth, which gives growth to many large trees. The residue, with the hill on both sides, is one solid rock of limestone. 
