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seated on a circular stone foundation of- 6 feet wide, with an 

 ornamental base column of 60 feet high ; and a capital with 

 50 feet diameter platform, and figure 

 on the top of 40 feet high ; with a cylin- 

 der of 10 feet diameter in the centre of 

 the cone, the whole height, for the ac- 

 commodation of persons ascending to 

 the top. Each cast-iron square would 

 weigh about 3 tons, to be all screwed 

 together, with sheet lead between every 

 joint. The whole weight would be about 

 6000 tons. The proportions of this cone 

 to its height would be about the same 

 as the general shape of spires in Eng- 

 land. 



"A steam-engine of 20-horse power ! 

 is sufficient for lifting one square of iron 

 to the top in ten minutes, and as any j 

 number of men might work at the j 

 same time, screwing them together, one j 





PLAN AND SKCTIONAL ELEVATION* OF PROPOSKD RRFOUM COLUMN. 



square could easily be fixed every hour ; 1500 squares requiring 

 less than six months for the completion of the cone. A proposal 



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