The Sea-coast: 1. Destruction, 2. Littoral Drift, 3. ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1902 - 361 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 6-10 de 61
Página 78
... inches in diameter weighs 0.25 lb. , the force of each wave would be capable of moving 660 pebbles of this size , or 9900 a minute and 2,376,000 in a tide . If the whole energy were absorbed in moving the face of the bank , it would be ...
... inches in diameter weighs 0.25 lb. , the force of each wave would be capable of moving 660 pebbles of this size , or 9900 a minute and 2,376,000 in a tide . If the whole energy were absorbed in moving the face of the bank , it would be ...
Página 102
... inches by 1 foot 6 inches long and 1 foot deep , and having flints about 4 inches in diameter bedded in cement and sand in equal quantities . Each block has an angular slot left down both sides , which is filled with cement when the ...
... inches by 1 foot 6 inches long and 1 foot deep , and having flints about 4 inches in diameter bedded in cement and sand in equal quantities . Each block has an angular slot left down both sides , which is filled with cement when the ...
Página 107
... inches square and spaced 3 feet apart , are driven in the clay and support 11 - inch by 2 - inch planking . The ... diameter , 18 inches in thickness , and on this was placed limestone pitching 18 inches thick at the The pitching was The ...
... inches square and spaced 3 feet apart , are driven in the clay and support 11 - inch by 2 - inch planking . The ... diameter , 18 inches in thickness , and on this was placed limestone pitching 18 inches thick at the The pitching was The ...
Página 110
... inches in thickness , or granite boulders from Norway . In some places the basalt blocks are laid on a mattress of osiers , which are either made into fascines 5 inches in diameter and from 40 to 60 feet in length , or packed in layers ...
... inches in thickness , or granite boulders from Norway . In some places the basalt blocks are laid on a mattress of osiers , which are either made into fascines 5 inches in diameter and from 40 to 60 feet in length , or packed in layers ...
Página 112
... inches in diameter and from 8 to 11 feet in length , the heads projecting from 3 to 5 feet above the face , and spaced 1 foot 6 inches apart . Above this for 30 feet the slope is 1 in 7 , which is pitched with basalt . Above this for 20 ...
... inches in diameter and from 8 to 11 feet in length , the heads projecting from 3 to 5 feet above the face , and spaced 1 foot 6 inches apart . Above this for 30 feet the slope is 1 in 7 , which is pitched with basalt . Above this for 20 ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
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 clay coast coast-line composed concrete considerable constructed Crown 8vo denudation deposited depth derived direction distance dunes east effect entrance erected erosion estuary extends face feet high Felixstowe flints flood tide foot gravel groynes harbour headland heavy gales height high tides high water Humber Illustrations inches in diameter island jetty Kilnsea land length limestone littoral drift London Clay low groynes low water marshes mile wide Morecambe Bay 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 spit spring tides Spurn Point stones surface tidal timber varying wall washed waves breaking width wind Withernsea yards wide
Pasajes populares
Página 21 - Other Worlds than Ours ; The Plurality of Worlds Studied under the Light of Recent Scientific Researches.
Página 21 - A NEW STAR ATLAS, for the Library, the School, and the Observatory, in Twelve Circular Maps (with Two Index Plates). Intended as a Companion to 'Webb's Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes.
Página 21 - Our Place among Infinities: A Series of Essays contrasting our Little Abode in Space and Time with the Infinities Around us.
Página 25 - AND WRIGHT— THE DISEASES OF CHILDREN, MEDICAL AND SURGICAL. By HENRY ASHBY, MD, Lond., FRCP, Physician to the General Hospital for Sick Children, Manchester; and GA WRIGHT, BA, MB Oxon.
Página 36 - NOTES OF A COURSE OF NINE LECTURES ON LIGHT, delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, 1869. Crown 8vo. , is. 6d. -NOTES OF A COURSE OF SEVEN LECTURES ON ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA AND THEORIES, delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, 1870.
Página 28 - Garrod. — WORKS BY SIR ALFRED BARING GARROD, MDFRS A TREATISE ON GOUT AND RHEUMATIC GOUT (RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS). With 6 Plates, comprising 21 Figures (14 Coloured), and 27 Illustrations engraved on Wood. 8vo.
Página 36 - ESSAYS ON THE FLOATING MATTER OF THE AIR IN RELATION TO PUTREFACTION AND INFECTION.
Página 21 - HALF-HOURS WITH THE STARS: a Plain and Easy Guide to the Knowledge of the Constellations. Showing in 12 Maps the position...
Página 31 - A TREATISE ON THE DISEASES OF THE DOG ; being a Manual of Canine Pathology. Especially adapted for the use of Veterinary Practitioners and Students. With 88 Illustrations.
Página 19 - The ART of ELECTRO-METALLURGY, including all known Processes of Electro-Deposition. By G. GORE, LL.DFRS With 56 Woodcuts. Price 6s. ALGEBRA and TRIGONOMETRY. By the Rev. WILLIAM NATHANIEL GRIFFIN, BD Price 3^.