In 1793 one was erected by Telford at Buildwas, and in the same year Burden completed an arch across the weir at Sunderland. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
Weir, or Charlie, as he was known, at that time agent for the Adams Express Company, had the remarkable ability of taking messages and copying them twenty-five words behind the sender. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
BOOK THE FOURTH -- A TURNING Chapter 1 SETTING TRAPS Plashwater Weir Mill Lock looked tranquil and pretty on an evening in the summer time. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
Its origin was unmistakable--it was the fall of a body into the stream in the adjoining mead, apparently at a point near the weir. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
Weir coolly asked for a pen, and when he sat down the sender was just one message ahead of him with date, address, and signature. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.