POWER EXERTED BY WATER.
The tremendous power exerted by water in violent motion is well shown by some experiments carrieu out by English engineers to determine the stress exerted upon the foundations of a lighthouse. Thomas Stevenson discovered that at Skerryvore and Bell Bock pressures of 60831bs per square-foot, aaid 30131b5, respectively, were to be encountered in ordinary weather. This is only about 421bs per square inch, and is doubtless much exceeded in severe storms.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3, 3 January 1903, Page 2 (Supplement)
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