Aldr . de quadrup . lib . 1 ) she had her horse shod with silver shoes, and it is known that others before her used iron shoes, and I have mentioned vol 2, fol . 95 of Balbin, Belina arms; the second would use two, in the form seen in Lzawa arms; and the third would use one, as in Jastrzebiec arms.
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To secure adequate foundations for the building, Brady adopted a pile and rail method, whereby wooden piles 30 feet by 18 inches were driven into the ground, with 28lb . iron shoes driven to a depth of 20 feet, cut off at ground level, then tied on each side with rows of steel rails, with the tops of the piles and rails embedded in concrete.
