Word: depths
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...CLUB FOR EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. "Binocular Depth Perception." Dr. J. C. Bell. Emerson...
...construction of the new Law School building, which is to stand just to the north-east of Austin Hall. Large test holes have been dug at intervals at either end and along the sides of the intended site, for the purpose of ascertaining the condition of the ground. In depth they vary from 6 to 10 feet, and thus far only a soft clay-like soil has been found, which will enable the excavation to be carried on with great rapidity. Yesterday the tool houses and implements for digging were brought to the site...
...piles have been driven under the lock in the Boston cofferdam and under the sluices in the Cambridge cofferdam. A few piles also have been driven along the sea wall and in the canals to strengthen them in order that the dredging may be carried to a greater depth...
...being built on the present site of the Craigie bridge, and its total length when completed will be 1300 feet, the width varying from 340 to 490 feet. It will consist of two masonry retaining walls on pile foundations, the space between them being filled with earth to a depth of from 15 to 50 feet. The height of the dam will be 21 feet above mean low water, about the present level of the street at the Cambridge end of Craigie bridge...
...cubic yards; filling, 390,000 cubic yards; piling, 470,000 linear feet; pine lumber, 235,000 feet; spruce lumber, 550,000 feet; riff raff, 9, 700 tons. There will be two locks in the dam, the larger being 350 feet in length and 45 feet wide, and of sufficient depth to allow a vessel drawing 16 feet of water to pass through at low tide. The smaller lock will be suitable for launches and row boats. Eight sluices will be provided, and in emergencies the smaller lock will be used as a flood-sluice for letting water...