Ports and Docks: Their History, Working, and National ImportanceMethuen, 1904 - 179 sider |
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... present point of view , the port which makes the shipping , and not the shipping which makes the port - so also is it true that it is the population which makes the port . The population may be either at the port , as in the case of ...
... present point of view , the port which makes the shipping , and not the shipping which makes the port - so also is it true that it is the population which makes the port . The population may be either at the port , as in the case of ...
Side 28
... present the property of public companies whose object is naturally to work the docks primarily in the interests of the shareholders — an object , how- ever , entirely consistent with , and indeed implying the due development and up ...
... present the property of public companies whose object is naturally to work the docks primarily in the interests of the shareholders — an object , how- ever , entirely consistent with , and indeed implying the due development and up ...
Side 31
... , where the rise and fall of the tide is so inconsiderable that , for present purposes , it may be regarded as non- existent , closed docks would obviously be out of place . To lock vessels into dock , and lock THEIR VARYING FEATURES 31.
... , where the rise and fall of the tide is so inconsiderable that , for present purposes , it may be regarded as non- existent , closed docks would obviously be out of place . To lock vessels into dock , and lock THEIR VARYING FEATURES 31.
Side 41
... present £ 30,000 . As to the advantages on the score of con- venience and safety , they are all in favour of the closed dock . It is true that with the last- mentioned system there is some little loss of time in the locking process ...
... present £ 30,000 . As to the advantages on the score of con- venience and safety , they are all in favour of the closed dock . It is true that with the last- mentioned system there is some little loss of time in the locking process ...
Side 48
... present system of dredging in 1890. Since then they have raised 80,000,000 tons of sand from the navigable channel at an annual expenditure of some £ 36,000 . The whole cost , dredgers and repairs included , amounts to about £ 520,000 ...
... present system of dredging in 1890. Since then they have raised 80,000,000 tons of sand from the navigable channel at an annual expenditure of some £ 36,000 . The whole cost , dredgers and repairs included , amounts to about £ 520,000 ...
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Ports and Docks: Their History, Working, and National Importance Douglas Owen Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1904 |
Ports and Docks: Their History, Working, and National Importance Douglas Owen Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1904 |
Ports and Docks: Their History, Working, and National Importance Douglas Owen Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1904 |
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16 Illustrations Antiquary's Books Antwerp barges Books on Art Books on Business canal cargo carried channel cheapness Churchman's coal Colonial Edition Coloured Plates companies competition cost cranes Crown 8vo Demy 8vo depth despatch discharge doubt dredger dredging E. V. LUCAS England ENGLISH fact Fcap feet Fifth Edition Fourth Edition Frontispiece George Glasgow graving dock H. C. BEECHING HISTORY Hull Illus Illustrations in Colour increased inland Junior land Leaders of Religion Library of Devotion Little Books Little Guides Little Library Liverpool load lock Manchester Maps matter Medium 8vo navigable needs Oxford Photogravure Pierre Baudin POEMS population Port of London prosperity published rail river Royal Second Edition sheds shipowners shore Sixth Edition Standard Library steamers stream Suez Canal supplies Thames Thames Conservancy Third Edition tidal tide tion tonnage tons trade traffic Translated trations trucks vessels Volumes West India West India Dock wharfingers
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Side 40 - PONTIAC. THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD. Pemberton (Max). THE FOOTSTEPS OF A THRONE. I CROWN THEE KING. Phlllpotts (Eden). THE HUMAN BOY. CHILDREN OF THE MIST.
Side 40 - Doyle (A. Conan). ROUND THE RED LAMP. Duncan (Sara Jeannette). A VOYAGE OF CONSOLATION. THOSE DELIGHTFUL AMERICANS. Eliot (George). THE MILL ON THE FLOSS.
Side 26 - REAL LIFE IN IRELAND, or, the Day and Night Scenes of Brian Boru, Esq., and his Elegant Friend, Sir Shawn O'Dogherty. By a Real Paddy. With 19 Coloured Plates by Heath, Marks, etc. THE ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY NEWCOME IN THE NAVY.
Side 25 - BRITISH COMMERCE AND COLONIES FROM ELIZABETH TO VICTORIA. By H. de B. Gibbins, Litt.D., MA Third Edition, is.
Side 25 - THE THIRD TOUR OF DOCTOR SYNTAX IN SEARCH OF A WIFE. By William Combe. With 24 Coloured Plates byT. Rowlandson. THE HISTORY OF JOHNNY QUAE GENUS: the Little Foundling of the late Dr. Syntax. By the Author of
Side 30 - Milton (John). THE MINOR POEMS OF JOHN MILTON. Edited by HC BEECHING, MA , Canon of Westminster. Moir(DM). MANSIEWAUCH. Edited by TF HENDERSON. Nichols (JBB). A LITTLE BOOK OF ENGLISH SONNETS. Rochefoucauld (La). THE MAXIMS OF LA ROCHEFOUCAULD. Translated by Dean STANHOPE. Edited by GH POWELL. Smith (Horace and James). REJECTED ADDRESSES. Edited by AD GODLEY, MA Sterne (Laurence).
Side 26 - Corinthian Tom. By Pierce Egan. With 36 Coloured Plates by IR and G. Cruikshank. With numerous Designs on Wood.
Side 39 - Svo. 6s. Williamson (CN and AM). THE LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR: The Strange Adventures of a Motor Car.
Side 40 - Russell (W. Clark). ABANDONED. A MARRIAGE AT SEA. MY DANISH SWEETHEART. HIS ISLAND PRINCESS. Sergeant (Adeline). THE MASTER OF BEECHWOOD.
Side 39 - SYD BELTON : Or, the Boy who would not go to Sea. By G. Manville Fenn. THE RED GRANGE.