Cyclopædia
Assuming aqueducts is required, the following 2 results were found.
-
AQUEDUCThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AQUEDUCT
Ground, to preserve the Level of the Water, and convey it, by a Canal, from one place to another. See WATER. There are Aqueducts under ground, and others raised above it, supported by Arches. The Romans were very magnificent in their Aqueducts; they had...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
-
ARCHhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCH
are also used as buttresses and counter-forts to support large walls laid deep in the earth, for foundationsof bridges and aqueducts, for triumphal arches, gates,windows, etc. See BUTTRESS, ARC-BOUTANT, etc. Arches are either circular, elliptical, or...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified