Aqueducts

Examples

• 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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