 | 1853 - 704 pages
...the Pacific to flow right through it, across to the Atlantic ; so that ships bound from the Pacific to the Atlantic would pass with the flood, and those...the plan recommended in my report to Lord Palmerston in January, 1851. By such a canal, that is, one entirely without locks, the transit from sea to sea... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1853 - 702 pages
...the Pacific to flow right through it, across to the Atlantic; so that ships bound from the Pacific to the Atlantic would pass with the flood, and those...the plan recommended in my report to Lord Palmerston in January, 1851. By such a canal, that is, one entirely without locks, the transit from sea to sea... | |
 | Dr. Cullen - 1853 - 266 pages
...the Pacific to flow right through it, across to the Atlantic; so that ships bound from the Pacific to the Atlantic would pass with the flood, and those...Such was the plan recommended in my Report to Lord 8 In its upper course, as it is navigable for large vessels nearly to Principe. Palmerston. By such... | |
 | 1853 - 600 pages
...the Pacific to flow right through it, across to the Atlantic ; so that, ships bound from the Pacific to the Atlantic would pass with the flood, and those...tide of the latter. Such was the plan recommended by Dr. Cullen in his report to Lord Palmerston two years since. By such a canal — that is, one entirely... | |
 | 1853 - 888 pages
...of the Pacific to flow right through it across to the Atlantic, so that ships bound from the Pacific to the Atlantic would pass with the flood, and those'...Atlantic to the Pacific with the ebb tide of the latter. These alternate currents, occurring every six hours, would, it is supposed, cause the canal to tost... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1853 - 538 pages
...of the Pacific to flow right through it across to the Atlantic, so that ships bound from the Pacific to the Atlantic would pass with the flood, and those from the Atlantic to the Pacific with the ebb-tide of the bitter. The Canal would be ItiO feet wide, and the alternate currents from the Atlantic... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1887 - 806 pages
...the Pacific to flow right through it, across to the Atlantic; so that ships bound from the Pacific to the Atlantic would pass with the flood, and those...without locks — the transit from sea to sea could be effected in six hours, or one tide." For the engineering details, and estimates of the cost of the... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1887 - 804 pages
...the Pacific to flow right through it, across to the Atlantic; so that ships bound from the Pacific to the Atlantic would pass with the flood, and those...Such was the plan recommended in my report to Lord Palmerstou. By such a canal — that is, one entirely without locks — the transit from sea to sea... | |
 | American Historical Association, American Asiatic Association, Asiatic Institute - 1917 - 556 pages
...of the Pacific to flow right through it across to the Atlantic; so that ships bound from the Pacific to the Atlantic would pass with the flood and those...Atlantic to the Pacific with the ebb tide of the latter." The cost of building the canal was estimated at £7,000,000 and "The Atlantic and Pacific Junction... | |
 | American Historical Association, American Asiatic Association, Asiatic Institute - 1917 - 562 pages
...the Pacific to flow right through it across to the Atlantic ; so that ships bound from the Pacific to the Atlantic would pass with the flood and those...Atlantic to the Pacific with the ebb tide of the latter." The cost of building the canal was estimated at £7,000,000 and "The Atlantic and Pacific Junction... | |
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The canal, to be on a scale of grandeur commensurate with its important uses, should be cut sufficiently deep to allow the tide of the Pacific to flow right through it, across to the Atlantic; so that ships bound from the Pacific to the Atlantic would... 