The reforming hand of Jefferson overthrew it, and all the superstructure of fishing allowances which was erected upon it.
We wondered what would happen if it turned turtle, for in that case the weight of the superstructure would have rendered it impossible for the machine to right itself.
The strangest thing about it was that it carried a superstructure consisting of a number of arms meeting at a point above the centre of the opening and supporting some sort of apparatus from which the beam of light emanated.
Such of her hull and superstructure as had not been scattered in every direction sank beneath the surface of the water.
When the superstructure had been blown to pieces by shell fire, pioneers burrowed thirty or fifty feet below the cellars and thus held on to the position.
She had sunk down at the forward end of the great superstructure amidships; her decks were just awash, and the black throng was moving aft.
The great superstructure of decks amidships which catches the eye so prominently in a picture or photograph, was but, in reality, a small part, although the most luxurious part, of the vessel.
The normal Malay element appears extinguished by the fiery superstructure of Arab nature, retaining the vindictive and fanatical traits of ancestral character.
A shell severely damaged the superstructure of the Jupiter, while others rendered useless several of her machine guns.
Every fresh story is as solid a basis for a new superstructure as the original foundation was.
Not a flaw in the superstructure of the theory which they are rearing escapes their vigilance.
When this old definition of creation fails the theological superstructure built upon it totters and falls to the ground.
But the wise men were few and the unwise were many, and the superstructure built over their heads in the form of theocracies and theologies, laid upon the foundations of this myth were too formidable to admit of free thought.
The contract for the superstructure was let in April to Messrs.
This is further provided for by a detachable boat or caisson at the after end of the superstructure capable of holding ten men, I should say, or possibly a dozen.
Quay walls also on the Clyde have been founded on caissons, consisting of a bottomless steel structure, surmounted by a brick superstructure having hollows filled with concrete, in lengths of 80 ft.
The wire ropes, for lowering and raising the bell, work over pulleys which are carried on a superstructure erected over the well.
The steamships are marked in the following way, which must not be allowed to other vessels in American ports: On ship's hull and superstructure three vertical stripes one meter wide each to be painted alternately white and red.
This battery of tanks shows the new superstructure on their fronts, which is used to carpet the slippery mud which the caterpillar wheels do not grip.
Lord Durham made history and made a nation, for the confederation, when it came, was the inevitable superstructure built upon the foundations of his laying, but he ruined a reputation.
The account of the Creation and Fall of Man is the foundation-stone of the Christian Church--if this stone be rotten, the superstructure cannot be stable.
Each of these forms of slavery has been the foundation for a superstructure of a civilization peculiar to a distinct period of history.
Even the steel plates and stout wood work of the superstructure had melted away from the six strong ribs to which the sunken engines were bolted, leaving the bridge and chart house in air.
He's back on a solid diet now, and the way he's filling up the chinks in his superstructure is a sight to marvel at.
Its superstructure wasn't even close to that of British design.
Too bad we were forced to cast all that clever superstructure camouflage adrift.
Let us suppose that the circular wall of the stone superstructure slanted inwards, as is not unusual.
This is for superstructure only--it does not include the foundation.
The carnage among the unprotected men on the gun-deck and superstructure is awful.
Immediately after its delivery in May, 1899, work was begun on the superstructure which carried the launching track.
