Towers

Examples

• Since then they have taken the form of iron skeleton towers. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The two towers at the axis supporting the wheel were 140 feet high, and the motive power was secured from a 1,000 horse-power steam engine under the wheel. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This class of bridges is usually constructed with chains or cables passing over towers, with the roadway suspended beneath. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• A supper-table was laid for two, in the third of the rooms; a round room, in one of the chateau's four extinguisher-topped towers. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It is a quarter of an hour's walk from there to Appledore Towers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• At short intervals along the Spanish shore were quaint-looking old stone towers--Moorish, we thought--but learned better afterwards. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• If we went to Italy, to sacred and eternal Rome, we might with greater patience submit to the decree, which had laid her mighty towers low. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The cables pass over the tops of lofty stone towers arising from these cliffs, and each cable consists of no less than 4,000 distinct wires. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Deep ditch, single drawbridge, massive stone walls, eight great towers, cannon, muskets, fire and smoke. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I looked on the regal towers of Windsor. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• And sure enough, afloat on the placid sea a league away, lay a great city, with its towers and domes and steeples drowsing in a golden mist of sunset. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Slowly the twilight crept down as the sun sank behind the high towers of Holdernesse Hall. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Would it be much out of the way, to take me in, near the great cathedral door between the two towers? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The width of the strait is divided by these towers into four spans--two of 460 feet each, and two of 230 feet. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The clear span between the towers is 470 feet, and the height of the bridge, from the mad rush of waters to the car track is 239 feet. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The cables are then passed over towers, on which they are supported in movable saddles, so that the towers are not overthrown by the strain on the cables. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Against the walls he also moored ships in which towers and rams were erected. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• What a very heaven the messy towers and ramparts of vast Mars Saba looked to us when we caught a first glimpse of them! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The power and prosperity of the towns find their best expression in these and in the fortifications with their strong towers and gateways. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The suspension towers stand on two piers founded in the river on solid rock at depths of 78 and 45 feet below high water, and they rise 277 feet above the same level. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The towers are each pierced by two archways, 31? feet wide, and 120? feet high, through which openings passes the floor of the bridge at the height of 118 feet above high water mark. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Here and there, towers were perched high up on acclivities which seemed almost inaccessible. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Quitting the Seven Towers, I rode eastward towards the Sweet Waters. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It has two side spans of 930 feet each between the towers and the shore. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It was built on three towers and shore abutments. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The cathedral towers and the full gables of the quaint old houses were just beginning to blush in the sunrise. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It has a central span of 1,595? feet between the two towers, over which the suspension cables are hung, and has a clear headway beneath of 135 feet. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I picked it up and read: CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON, Appledore Towers, Hampstead. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Cannon, muskets, fire and smoke; but, still the deep ditch, the single drawbridge, the massive stone walls, and the eight great towers. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The wires appear to have been carried through the city by extending them from the church towers and other elevated buildings. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.

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