The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... placed have not , therefore , to be encountered by the class of works here dealt with . The length of a wave is the distance measured from the top of the crest of one wave to that of the next . For waves of 5 feet in height or over ...
... placed have not , therefore , to be encountered by the class of works here dealt with . The length of a wave is the distance measured from the top of the crest of one wave to that of the next . For waves of 5 feet in height or over ...
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... placed below this , and the alluvial matter carried to the depths of the sea . Owing to the sorting action of the waves , material of different sizes , shingle and sand , may be carried on the same beach and at the same time in opposite ...
... placed below this , and the alluvial matter carried to the depths of the sea . Owing to the sorting action of the waves , material of different sizes , shingle and sand , may be carried on the same beach and at the same time in opposite ...
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... placed , with half a gallon of water , in a cylinder 11 inches internal diameter , and subjected to 8000 revolutions at a speed of 20 revolutions a minute . The cylinder had three 1 - inch angle- irons projecting from the face . The ...
... placed , with half a gallon of water , in a cylinder 11 inches internal diameter , and subjected to 8000 revolutions at a speed of 20 revolutions a minute . The cylinder had three 1 - inch angle- irons projecting from the face . The ...
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... placed on the opposite side of the glass that contained the water . So also samples taken on the flood tide from the entrance to the Ribble in Liverpool Bay , from the Humber off Spurn Point , the Colne near Brightlingsea , were all ...
... placed on the opposite side of the glass that contained the water . So also samples taken on the flood tide from the entrance to the Ribble in Liverpool Bay , from the Humber off Spurn Point , the Colne near Brightlingsea , were all ...
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... placed in suspension , and are carried by the flood current south- ward at the rate of about 24 knots for say from two to three hours . The tide then turns , and the current sets northward away from the Humber . " Sea and Land , " by ...
... placed in suspension , and are carried by the flood current south- ward at the rate of about 24 knots for say from two to three hours . The tide then turns , and the current sets northward away from the Humber . " Sea and Land , " by ...
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The Sea-coast: 1. Destruction, 2. Littoral Drift, 3. Protection William Henry Wheeler Vista completa - 1902 |
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12 feet 20 feet alluvium angle bank of shingle basalt beach in front beach material Blackpool boulder clay boulders Bridlington carried chalk chalk cliffs channel chert Clacton clay cliffs consist coast coast-line composed concrete considerable constructed covered with sand denudation deposited depth derived direction distance dunes entrance erected erosion estuary extends face fathoms feet high Felixstowe flints flood tide foot formed gravel groynes half a mile harbour headland heavy gales height high groynes high tides high water Humber inches in diameter inland jetty Kilnsea land length limestone littoral drift London Clay low groynes low water marshes mile wide on-shore gales pebbles pier piles placed planking promenade protection quantity quartzite rise river rocks sand and shingle sand-hills sandstone sandy sea-wall seaward shingle and sand shingle-bank shore slope spring tides Spurn Point stones surface tidal timber varying wall washed width wind Withernsea yards long yards wide