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JOHN RICKMAN , F.R.S. , 1771-1840 Private secretary to Charles Abbott ( later Lord Colchester ) when he went to Ireland as Chief Secretary , and later , on Abbott's appointment to the Speakership , Clerk Assistant to the House of ...
JOHN RICKMAN , F.R.S. , 1771-1840 Private secretary to Charles Abbott ( later Lord Colchester ) when he went to Ireland as Chief Secretary , and later , on Abbott's appointment to the Speakership , Clerk Assistant to the House of ...
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Atlas of Drawings also prepared and assembled by Telford , was published by Rickman in 1838. ' Having now shared in 75 Years incessant exertions , ' he wrote in 1832 , ' I have for some Years past , proposed to decline the contest ...
Atlas of Drawings also prepared and assembled by Telford , was published by Rickman in 1838. ' Having now shared in 75 Years incessant exertions , ' he wrote in 1832 , ' I have for some Years past , proposed to decline the contest ...
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Telford was in all probability often reserved in Rickman's presence . The absence of vanity or ostentation to which Rickman refers was consistent with a ranging , restless ambition and unshaken self - reliance .
Telford was in all probability often reserved in Rickman's presence . The absence of vanity or ostentation to which Rickman refers was consistent with a ranging , restless ambition and unshaken self - reliance .
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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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