Aqueduct
['ækwɪdʌkt] or ['ækwɪ'dʌkt]
Definition
(noun.) a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley.
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Definition
(n.) A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.
(n.) A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.
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Definition
n. an artificial channel for conveying water most commonly understood to mean a bridge of stone iron or wood for conveying water across a valley: also a bridge carrying a canal for the purposes of navigation.
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Examples
- The same thing may be said of a canal, an aqueduct, or a great pipe for bringing water to supply a great city. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This aqueduct, like the other, runs in the middle of a broad road-way, thus leaving a space on each side. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The mammoth new aqueduct system by which water is carried from the Catskills to the Battery is another example of electricity as a source of power for large construction work. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Cabin John (Washington Aqueduct) Bridge finished (longest masonry span in the world). Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The arches supporting the aqueduct afforded protection for advancing troops as well as to those engaged defensively. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The second aqueduct starts from the east base of Chapultepec, where it is fed by a spring, and runs north-east to the city. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- When opposition was encountered our troops sheltered themselves by keeping under the arches supporting the aqueduct, advancing an arch at a time. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We rode across the Valley of Hinnom, between two of the Pools of Gihon, and by an aqueduct built by Solomon, which still conveys water to the city. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When Chapultepec fell the advance commenced along the two aqueduct roads. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It is known as the Washington Aqueduct or Cabin John Bridge, and is seen in Fig. 230. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In his time it was more economical to convey the hard water by aqueducts than by such pipes as could then be constructed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The eighth book deals with water and with hydraulic engineering , hot springs, mineral waters, leveling instruments, construction of aqueducts, lead and clay piping. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He planned basilicas and aqueducts, and designed powerful war-e ngines capable of hurling rocks weighing three or four hundred pounds. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Huge aqueducts are being built which will convey pure mountain water a distance of 250 miles, and in quantities sufficient to supply two million people. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Beginning life as a stone mason, he rose by his own industry to be a master among architects and a prince among builders of iron bridges, aqueducts, canals, tunnels, harbours and docks. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There followed others for a machine that should scoop out earth to make canals or aqueducts, for a Market or Passage Boat to use on canals, and for a Dispatch Boat that should travel quickly. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The roads leading to garitas (the gates) San Cosme and Belen, by which these aqueducts enter the city, were strongly intrenched. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The City of Mexico is supplied with water by two aqueducts, resting on strong stone arches. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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