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... opened a valve , and let air into the lock . At this early stage the pressure needed to be raised only a few pounds above normal atmospheric ( 14.7 lbs . per square inch ) . When the pressure in the airlock equaled that in the working ...
... opened a valve , and let air into the lock . At this early stage the pressure needed to be raised only a few pounds above normal atmospheric ( 14.7 lbs . per square inch ) . When the pressure in the airlock equaled that in the working ...
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... opened over the Narrows of Puget Sound , connecting the Olympic Peninsula with the mainland of Washington . From its first days there was something a little extraordinary about the behavior of the Tacoma Narrows Highway Bridge ...
... opened over the Narrows of Puget Sound , connecting the Olympic Peninsula with the mainland of Washington . From its first days there was something a little extraordinary about the behavior of the Tacoma Narrows Highway Bridge ...
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... opened over Lake Oneida , New York , only to be outspanned in 1962 by the new bridge over Lake Maracaibo , Venezuela , the five - and - a - half - mile length of which includes five 771 - foot concrete girders . The longest lift bridge ...
... opened over Lake Oneida , New York , only to be outspanned in 1962 by the new bridge over Lake Maracaibo , Venezuela , the five - and - a - half - mile length of which includes five 771 - foot concrete girders . The longest lift bridge ...
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How Bridges Were Invented | 1 |
The Mighty Roman Arch | 7 |
The Engineer Vanishes from Europe but Appears in Asia | 19 |
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