...J GREEN 185 XVI.-Description ofthe PeqmdicularL@ for passing Boatsfrom one Level of Canal to another, as erected on the Graad Western CanaZ. By JAMEGSREEN, M.1nst.C.E. ITmay be right, in the first instance, to observe, that these lifts have not been designed to supersede the use of locks on canals...

.... In applying the scale to the case of canals, the process will be the same as in the foregoing, whichhas been described as for railwaysand roads, except that the line of supplementary profile, instead of being referred to the line denoting the surface of the banks, must be plotted from a parallel line drawn...

...W A PROVIS © Thomas Telford and ICE 1836 LOCKS RIVERS CANALS NAVIGATION DAMS BEAMS GATES SLUICES TIMBER WATER CHAMBERS WATERWAYS PONDS 53 11. On the Locks commonly used for River and Canal NavA~ation. B Mr. W.A. PROYIMS.,1n-st.C.E. 1st. Simple darn locks. THEearliest...

...J MACNEILL © Thomas Telford and ICE 1836 EXPERIMENTS CANALS BOATS TRACTIVE POWER DRAWING MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS DYNAMOMETERS THEODOLITES VELOCITY CALCULATIONS TRIALS WATERWAYS LOADS SPEED MOTIVE PROPULSION WATER KEELS SCOTLAND FORTH CANAL CLYDE CANAL MONKLAND...

...J FIELD © Thomas Telford and ICE 1836 CANALS LOCKS WATER RAISING LEVELS MODELS 61 Ill. Impmed Canal Lock, by JOSHUFAIELDEs,q., T.R.S.,V.P.Imt.C.E. THEnumerous and extensive navigable canals by which this kingdom is intersected, have tended in a great degree to exhaust everynatural...

...H R PALMER 165 X1X.-Experiments o f the Resistance o f Barges moving on Canals, by HENRRY. PALMEEsRp V.P.1st.C.E. Addressed to the late President, THOMTAESLFORD, E s p . THE statementsthathave been laid before the public in reference tothe swift passage of boats along the Ardrossan Canal, having...

... and short periods in the history of the world, when it has fallen to the lot of nations to be governed by suchmenasLouis XIV., guided by the wisdomof Colbertand having the aid of Riquet s enterprise and Andreossy s skill ; some of thekings of Sweden, who, turningtheirtroopsintoexcavatorsof canals, have...