 | John Scott (land valuer.) - 1883 - 204 páginas
...to 1th, and this shrinkage must be allowed for in reckoning the final height of the dam. Slope. — The slope of the bank to the seaward is one of its principal features of strength and safety. Wiggins considered that a slope of 5 to 1 is the best that could be given to any sea-bank ; that more... | |
 | Alexander Beazeley - 1900 - 402 páginas
...the bank, it would also be productive of the same benefit as a wider seat to the bank or sea-wall. " The slope of the bank to the seaward is one of its...force, and ultimately to batter it down, or greatly to reduce its substance, by means of those violent or continuous assaults which the power of the ocean... | |
 | Alexander Beazeley - 1900 - 400 páginas
...it would also be productive of the same benefit as a wider seat to the bank or sea-wall. " The skpe of the bank to the seaward is one of its principal...force, and ultimately to batter it down, or greatly to reduce its substance, by means of those violent or continuous assaults which the power of the ocean... | |
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The slope of the bank to the seaward is one of its principal features of strength and safety. A steep bank enables the wave to strike it with great force, and ultimately to batter it down, or greatly to reduce its substance, by means of those violent... 