 ... where the head was to descend. The causeway I had made gradually sloped to the edge of the water close to the boat, and with the four poles I formed a bridge from the bank into the centre of the boat, so that when the weight bore on the bridge, it...  How to See the British Museum, in Four Visits - Pàgina 143per Blanchard Jerrold - 1852 - 231 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Giovanni Battista Belzoni - 1820 - 566 pàgines
...succeeded in my attempt, and the head of the younger Memnon was actually embarked. I cannot help observing, that it was no easy undertaking to put a piece of...of palm-wood, as I had nothing else. At the middle of the bridge I put a sack filled with sand, that, if the colossus should run too fast into the boat,... | |
 | 1821 - 536 pàgines
...for Cairo, on the 17th of November. His account of this laborious undertaking is worth extracting. " It was no easy undertaking to put a piece of granite,...the opposite side of the boat I put some mats well rilled with straw. I necessarily stationed a few Arabs in the boat, and some at each side, with a lever... | |
 | Lucy Sarah Atkins Wilson - 1821 - 292 pàgines
...the weight bore on the bridge, it pressed only on the middle of the boat. OWEN.— And this slender bridge rested partly on the causeway, partly on the...side of the boat, and partly on the centre of it. MRS. A. — On the opposite side of the boat Belzoni put some mats, well filled with straw. A few Arabs... | |
 | Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Mrs. Belzoni (Sarah) - 1822 - 486 pàgines
...smallest help of any mechanical contrivance, even a single tackle, and only with four poles and ropes : the water was about eighteen feet below the bank where...of palmwood, as I had nothing else. At the middle of the bridge I put a sack filled with sand, that, if the colossus should run too fast into the boat,... | |
 | Sarah Atkins - 1824 - 256 pàgines
...the weight bore on the bridge, it pressed only on the middle of the boat. OWEN. — And this slender bridge rested partly on the causeway, partly on the...side of the boat, and partly on the centre of it. MRS. A. — On the opposite side of the boat Belzoni put some mats, well filled with straw. A few Arabs... | |
 | Sarah Atkins - 1824 - 280 pàgines
...the weight bore on the bridge, it pressed only on the middle of the boat. OWEN. — And this slender bridge rested partly on the causeway, partly on the...side of the boat, and partly on the centre of it. MRS. A. — On the opposite side of the boat Belzoni put some mats, well filled with straw. A few Arabs... | |
 | Lucy Sarah Atkins Wilson - 1825 - 282 pàgines
...the weight bore on the bridge, it pressed only on the middle of the boat. OWEN. — And this slender bridge rested partly on the causeway, partly on the...side of the boat, and partly on the centre of it. Arabs were stationed in it, and some at each side, with a lever of palm- wood, as there was nothing... | |
 | George Long - 1832 - 446 pàgines
...four poles I formed a bridge from the bank into the centre of the boat, so that when the * P. 131. weight bore on the bridge, it pressed only on the...of palm-wood, as I had nothing else. At the middle of the bridge I put a sack filled with sand, that, if the colossus should run too fast into the boat,... | |
 | British Museum. Department of Egyptian Antiquities - 1832 - 440 pàgines
...four poles I formed a bridge from the bank into the centre of the boat, so that when the * P. 131. weight bore on the bridge, it pressed only on the...of palm-wood, as I had nothing else. At the middle of the bridge I put a sack filled with sand, that, if the colossus should run too fast into the boat,... | |
 | George Long - 1832 - 442 pàgines
...the four poles I formed a bridge from the bank into the centre of the boat, so that when the * P.131. weight bore on the bridge, it pressed only on the...of palm-wood, as I had nothing else. At the middle of the bridge I put a sack filled with sand, that, if the colossus should run too fast into the boat,... | |
| |
