Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 694

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 694 - April 14, 1877.For more than fifty...
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Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 694

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 694

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Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 694

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Author: Various
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Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 694 - April 14, 1877.

For more than fifty years we have heard of projects for bringing to England the prostrate obelisk lying on the sandy shore of Egypt at Alexandria, and popularly known as Cleopatra's Needle. Every successive scheme of this kind has come to nothing. When the French army quitted Egypt in 1801, the British officers, wishing to have some memorial of the victories of Sir Ralph Abercrombie, claimed the prostrate obelisk as a spoil of war, and formed a plan for bringing it to England. A ship was obtained, a mode of stowage planned, and a jetty built between the obelisk and the beach. The Earl of Cavan, in command of the troops, headed the scheme; Major Bryce, of the Royal Engineers, worked out on paper the details of the operation; while officers and men alike subscribed a certain number of days' pay to meet the expenses. The obelisk was to be introduced into the ship through the stern port, and placed on blocks of timber lying over the keel. But difficulties of various kinds arose and the scheme was abandoned. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 47083
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Release Date: Oct 9, 2014
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Editor: Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871 , Chambers, William, 1800-1883

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