 | John Disturnell - Canada - 1855 - 272 pages
...of the arch is forty-five feet in perpendicular thickness, which increases to sixty at its junction with the vast abutments. Its top, which is covered...feet high. It is sixty feet wide, and its span is about ninety feet. Across the top passes a public road, and being iu the same plane with the neighboring... | |
 | T. ADDISON RICHARDS - 1857 - 272 pages
...of the arch is forty-five feet in perpendicular thickness, which increases to sixty at its juncture with the vast abutments. Its top, which is covered...various sizes, is two hundred and ten feet high. It is g'xty feet wide, and its span is almost ninety feet. Across the top passes a public road, and being... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1873 - 1484 pages
...disturbances, flow up from great depths, as is made evident by the high temperature of many of them. Across the top passes a public road, and being in the same plane with the neighboring country, one may cross it in a coach without being aware of the interesting pass. There... | |
 | 1873 - 812 pages
...disturbances, flow up from great depths, as is made evident by the high temperature of many of them. Across the top passes a public road, and being in the same plane with the neighboring country, one may cross it in a coach without being aware of the interesting pass. There... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias - 1879 - 852 pages
...disturbances, flow up from great depths, as is made evident by the high temperature of many of them. Across the top passes a public road, and being in the same plane with the neighboring country, one may cross it in a coach without being aware of the interesting pass. There... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1893 - 528 pages
...feet In perpendicular thickness, which Increases to sixty at Its juncture with the vast abutments. It Is sixty feet wide, and its span is almost ninety feet. Across the t op is a public road, and being on the same level with the neighboring country, one may cross It in... | |
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... the arch an air of grace and lightness that must be seen to be felt, and the power of speech is for a moment lost in contemplating the immense dimensions of the surrounding objects. The middle of the arch is forty-five feet in perpendicular thickness,... 