During tho year 1909-10 there wero 10,300 persons in England with incomes over ,£SOOO each, tho total income of these being more than 130 millions, or an overago of <£12,621 each. In the Forth Bridge there is a horizontal pull of 10,000 tons on tho chief spans, and a weight of 100,000 tons on theiT bases. Half a, dozen British ironclads might be hung upon them without cansing any unduo strain.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1221, 1 September 1911, Page 5
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71Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1221, 1 September 1911, Page 5
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