 Each wagon contains two and a quarter cubic yards. The result is, that each man has to lift nearly twenty tons weight of earth on a shovel over his head into a wagon. The height of the lifting is about six feet. This is taking it at fourteen sets a day...  First Lessons in Theoretical Mechanics - Σελίδα 110των John Francis Twisden - 1874 - 253 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1872 - 428 σελίδες
...cubic yards. The result is, that each man has to lift nearly twenty tons weight of earth on a CHAP, shovel over his head into a wagon. The " — • —...astonishing quantity of work by three or four o'clock in the afternoon — a result, I believe, which is not nearly equalled by the workmen of any other country... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1873 - 424 σελίδες
...shovel over his head into a The ISo trades unions among navvies. The navvy's conduct abroad. wagon. height of the lifting is about six feet. This is taking...astonishing quantity of work by three or four o'clock in the afternoon— a result, I believe, which is not nearly equalled by the workmen of any other country... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1874 - 434 σελίδες
...fourteen times, each man has to fill seven wagons in the course of the day. Each wagon contains two and a quarter cubic yards. The result is, that each man...astonishing quantity of work by three or four o'clock in the afternoon — a result, I believe, which is not nearly equalled by the workmen of any other country... | |
 | Church congress - 1879 - 614 σελίδες
...times, each man has to fill seven wagons in the course of the day. Each wagon contains two-anda-quarter cubic yards. The result is that each man has to lift...astonishing quantity of work by three or four o'clock in the afternoon, a result I believe which is not nearly equalled bv the workmen of any other country in the... | |
 | Daniel William Barrett - 1880 - 202 σελίδες
...height of the lifting is about six feet. This is taking it at fourteen sets a day, but the navvies contrive to get through sixteen sets, and there are...astonishing quantity of work by three or four o'clock in the afternoon, a result, I believe, which is not nearly equalled by any other set of workmen in the world.'... | |
 | Helen J. Simpson - 1997 - 182 σελίδες
...of earth on a shovel over his head into a wagon. The height of the lifting is about six feet. This taking it at fourteen sets a day; but the navvies...astonishing quantity of work by three or four o'clock in the afternoon - a result, I believe, which is not nearly equalled by the workmen of any other country in... | |
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