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... John Telford , Shepherd . 1759. Smeaton completed the Eddystone Lighthouse . 1761. John Rennie born . 1767. Bridgewater Canal started . 1769. James Watt patented his steam engine . 1771. Telford apprenticed to a stonemason in Langholm ...
... John Telford , Shepherd . 1759. Smeaton completed the Eddystone Lighthouse . 1761. John Rennie born . 1767. Bridgewater Canal started . 1769. James Watt patented his steam engine . 1771. Telford apprenticed to a stonemason in Langholm ...
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... John Simp- son and your humble Servant , amidst so many other and still great Undertakings . But John Simpson is a treasure of talents and integrity — I met with him here by chance , employed and recommended him , and he has now all the ...
... John Simp- son and your humble Servant , amidst so many other and still great Undertakings . But John Simpson is a treasure of talents and integrity — I met with him here by chance , employed and recommended him , and he has now all the ...
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... John Sinclair . Statistical Account of Scotland . By Sir John Sinclair . Diary of Lord Colchester . Autobiography of Sir John Rennie . ' Memoir of William Jessop , ' in Weale's Engineering Papers . Letters of Robert Southey . J. W. ...
... John Sinclair . Statistical Account of Scotland . By Sir John Sinclair . Diary of Lord Colchester . Autobiography of Sir John Rennie . ' Memoir of William Jessop , ' in Weale's Engineering Papers . Letters of Robert Southey . J. W. ...
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Edinburgh at the beginning of the Twentieth Century I | 8 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
William Jessop Civil Engineer 17451814 | 32 |
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