 A channel from this fountain-head is then, with a very slight descent, bored in the direction in which it is to be conveyed, leaving apertures at regular distances, to afford light and air to those who are occasionally sent to keep it clean. In this manner...  Sergeant Bell and His Raree-show - Halaman 328oleh Old Humphrey - 1839 - 447 halamanTampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | 1838 - 728 halaman
...these I know not — it seems confined to a peculiar class of men, who go about the country for the purpose — but I saw several which had been sunk...is thus obtained. These channels are usually about fuur feet broad and two feet deep, and contain a clear rapid stream. Few of the large towns or oases... | |
 | 1838 - 584 halaman
...peculiar class of men, who go about the country for the purpose — but I saw several which had been snnk to the depth of forty feet. A channel from this fountain-head...is thus obtained. These channels are usually about fuur feet broad and two feet deep, and contain a clear rapid stream. Few of the large towns or oases... | |
 | 1838 - 574 halaman
...it clean. In this manner water is frequently conducted from a distance of six or eight miles, ami nn unlimited supply is thus obtained. These channels are usually about four feet broad and two feet dee]), and contain a clear rapid stream. Few of the large towns or oases but had four or five of these... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1847 - 160 halaman
...streams on the surface, the Arabs have sought in elevated places for springs or fountains beneath it. A channel from this fountain-head is then, with a...feet broad and two feet deep, and contain a clear and rapid stream. Few of the large towns or oases but had four or five of these rivulets or feleji... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1847 - 152 halaman
...streams on the surface, the Arabs have sought in elevated places for springs or fountains beneath it. A channel from this fountain-head is then, with a...feet broad and two feet deep, and contain a clear and rapid stream. Few of the large towns or oases but had four or five of these rivulets or feleji... | |
 | American Ethnological Society - 1848 - 894 halaman
...streams on the surface, the Arabs have sought in elevated places for spring* or fountains beneath it. A channel from this fountain-head is then, with a...feet broad and two feet deep, and contain a clear and rapid stream. Few of the large towns or oases but had four or five of these rivulets or feleji... | |
 | William Thomas Thornton - 1848 - 282 halaman
...head is then, with a very slight descent, bored in the direction to which it is to be conveyed, with apertures at regular distances, to afford light and...of six or eight miles, and an unlimited supply is obtained. The channels are usually about four feet broad and two feet deep, and contain a clear rapid... | |
 | 1868 - 676 halaman
...occasionally sent to keep it clean. In this manner water is frequently conducted from a distance of 6 to 8 miles, and an unlimited supply is thus obtained. These channels are usually about 4 feet broad and 2 deep, and contain a clear rapid stream. Few of the large towns or oases but had... | |
 | James Samuelson, William Crookes - 1868 - 664 halaman
...occasionally sent to keep it clean. In this manner water is frequently conducted from a distance of 6 to 8 miles, and an unlimited supply is thus obtained. These channels are usually about 4 feet broad and 2 deep, and contain a clear rapid stream. Few of the large towns or oases but had... | |
 | 1871 - 600 halaman
...those who are occasionally sent to keep it clean. In this manner the water is frequently conducted for a distance of six or eight miles, and an unlimited supply is thus obtained. These channels are about four feet broad and two feet deep, and contain a clear rapid stream. Few of the large towns or... | |
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