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moving the Government to action , and in 1801 Telford was instructed to make a full survey and report on the whole state of affairs . I have received the Commands of the Lords Commissioners , ' wrote Nicholas Vansittart , M.P. , Joint ...
moving the Government to action , and in 1801 Telford was instructed to make a full survey and report on the whole state of affairs . I have received the Commands of the Lords Commissioners , ' wrote Nicholas Vansittart , M.P. , Joint ...
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There were certainly several projects being canvassed at the time . At least as early as 1818 the Colombian Government had appointed two English Naval officers * as a Commission to survey the Isthmus of Panama and Darien .
There were certainly several projects being canvassed at the time . At least as early as 1818 the Colombian Government had appointed two English Naval officers * as a Commission to survey the Isthmus of Panama and Darien .
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Founded and developed by the British Fisheries Society 1801-1813 partly by means of Government grants , it became one of the chief centres of the North Sea Herring Fisheries . Telford continued to advise the Society till 1834 .
Founded and developed by the British Fisheries Society 1801-1813 partly by means of Government grants , it became one of the chief centres of the North Sea Herring Fisheries . Telford continued to advise the Society till 1834 .
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Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
Edinburgh at the beginning of the Twentieth Century I | 8 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
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| Title | The Story of Telford: The Rise of Civil Engineering |
| Author | Sir Alexander Gibb |
| Publisher | A. Maclehose & Company, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jan 2006 |
| Length | 357 pages |
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