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Title: Report of the British naval and military operations in Egypt, 1882
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Goodrich, Caspar F. (Caspar Frederick), 1847-1925
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Publisher: Washington, Gov't print. off.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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British pontoon-wagon, packed. with square ends placed intermediately to receive the ends of the addi-tional balks necessary for the passage of siege guns over the bridge. 257 There are handles at each end to enable the saddle to be lifted. Theside-rails, 10 feet 7 inches by 2£ inches by 2J inches, are of Baltic fir,and the remainder of American elm. The saddle weighs 41 pounds. The balks are of Canada red or Kawrie pine, the length being 15feet 9 inches, breadth 3J inches, and depth G inches. The ends of thebalks are halved, but they are there strengthened by iron plates attop and bottom; the bottom plates are made with two claws to preventthe balk slipping off its saddle. A balk weighs, dry, 73 pounds; wet,75 pounds. The chesses are single planks of Kawrie pine, the length being 10feet, the breadth 1 foot, and the depth 1£ inches; the breidth at eachend is diminished to enable the rack-lashing to be passed between twoadjoining chesses. A chess weighs, dry, 50J pounds; wet, 52J pou

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