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Survey of London
… played daily. 79 The form of the fountain, a single jet in a low square plinth, was perhaps chosen with regard to … the eventual accommodation of a statue that the fountain-jet was placed in a large flat plinth. This is suggested by … moved to the north side of the square and replaced by a 'jet d'eau', or the basin filled in and planted. They decided …
A collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe
… bestowed on the archduke a stately horse, as black as jet, with all furniture, a case of pistols, &c. The furniture …
Old and New London
… magnificent central circular basin, throwing out a lofty jet d'eau, there are numerous others of an elliptic shape, … 784 feet long, with a diameter of 468 feet. The central jet in each is 2 inches diameter, and reaches the … height of more than 250 feet. Around each central jet is a column, composed of fifty 2-inch jets. The force of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… it southwards, and the runway, then concreted to take jet aeroplanes, was widened and extended in 1957 and again in …
Survey of London Monograph
… at 9.30 the evening before. It originated from a gas jet in the stoke-hole under the vestry floor, that had been …
The Manuscripts of the Corporations of Southampton and Kings Lynn
… to the satisfaction of the Royal Society, "that jet-black amber, gum-lacca or sealing-wax made of it, and …
Old and New London
… the scene:"In a garden belonging to this palace there is a jet d'eau, with a sun-dial, at which, while strangers are …