id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
A33744	Colepepyr, Robert.	A new method of Robert Colepepyr, Gent., for speedy and effectual preservation of the navigation on the River Thames and to repair the water-breach in to Havering and Dagenham levels in Essex ...	1700		.xml	application/xml	3454	91	60	First , The Water received by the Inundation or Bason , is thereby cut off from the upper Part of the same River ; this makes some abatement in Water-depth there , but it must be inconsiderable ; since taken from so many Miles of Length , and the Breadth of Water that flows above the Bason . The Ebbs far exceed Tides , in being Destructive to Works that fight against them ; however their Waters on each side the Wood Pile ebb together , and keep to a Parr , so as one Ounce of Water-weight lies not against the Wood Pile all the Ebb , and thus the Works in Dagenham become less liable to Risque , than the Precedent , or Work before-mentioned ; for Preservation whereof , no Cutts were made ; but any great Water Passages may be left in this Wood Pile , or between the same and the Earth , yet they cannot wear wider , while the Water is on a Par on both Sides , as aforesaid .	cache/A33744.xml	txt/A33744.txt
