 ... or reflector, by means of which a person in the room, sitting before the window, can see by reflection the whole length of the street, the passengers, the trees, the canal, and the shipping. — When two of these...  The miniature guide to the Rhine - Page 125by Francis Coghlan - 1853Full view - About this book
 | 1832 - 586 pages
...light. To almost every house in Rotterdam, and sometimes to every window of a house, on the first Soor, there is fixed a single or double looking glass, or...whole length of the street, the passengers, the trees, the canal and the shipping. When two of theoe reflectors are placed at right angles, and the right... | |
 | 1832 - 488 pages
...bronze brought to light. To almost every house in Rotterdam, and sometimes to every window of a house, on the first floor, there is fixed a single or double...person in the room, sitting before the window, can seo by reflection, the whole length of the street, the passengers, the trees, the canal and the shipping.... | |
 | English periodicals - 1832 - 424 pages
...sometimes to every window of a house on the first floor, there is fixed a single or double looking-glass or reflector, by means of which a person in the room,...whole length of the street, the passengers, the trees, the canal, and the shipping. — When two of these reflectors are placed at right angles, and the right... | |
 | Francis Coghlan - 1844 - 558 pages
...their houses. To almost every house in Rotterdam, and sometimes to every window of a house on the lirst floor . there is fixed a single or double looking...whole length of the street, the passengers, the trees . the canal, and the shipping. When two ol these reflectors are placed at right angles, and the right... | |
 | Francis Coghlan - 1845 - 996 pages
...part of their houses. To almost every house in Rotterdam, and sometimes to every window of a house on the first floor, there is fixed a single or double...whole length of the street, the passengers, the trees, the canal, and the shipping. When two of these reflectors are placed at right angles, and the right... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell (Q.), William MacCreary Burwell - Communication and traffic - 1850 - 628 pages
...sometimes to every window of a house on the first floor, there is fixed a single or double looking-glass or reflector, by means of which a person in the room,...whole length of the street, the passengers, the trees, the canal and the shipping. The expenses incurred in keeping the sluices in order, and in clearing... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell (Q.), William MacCreary Burwell - Communication and traffic - 1850 - 630 pages
...sometimes to every window of a house on the first floor, there is fixed a single or double looking-glass or reflector, by means of which a person in the room,...whole length of the street, the passengers, the trees, the canal and the shipping. The expenses incurred in keeping the sluices in order,, and in clearing... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow - Industries - 1850 - 616 pages
...sometimes to every window of a house on the first floor, there is fixed a single or double looking-glass or reflector, by means of which a person in the room,...whole length of the street, the passengers, the trees, the canal and the shipping. The expenses incurred in keeping the sluices in order, and in clearing... | |
 | Francis Coghlan - Rhine River Valley - 1863 - 244 pages
...house. To almost every house in Hotterdam, and sometimes to every window of a house on the first-floor, there is fixed a single or double looking glass or...whole length of the street, the passengers, the trees, the canal, and the shipping. When two of these reflectors are placed at right angles, and the right... | |
 | Popular educator - 1876 - 862 pages
...window of a house, on the first floor, there is fixed a single or double looking-glass, or reflestor, by means of which a person in the room, sitting before...whole length of the street, the passengers, the trees, the canal, and the shipping. When two of these reflectors are placed at right angles, and the right... | |
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