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... Southey , Journal of a Tour in Scotland , p . 46 . ( 20 ) Letter to Rickman , from Inverness , 20th October , 1809 . ( 21 ) Id . , from Northwich , 9th June , 1810. ( 22 ) Southey , loc . cit . , p . 211. ( 23 ) Life of Thomas Telford ...
... Southey , Journal of a Tour in Scotland , p . 46 . ( 20 ) Letter to Rickman , from Inverness , 20th October , 1809 . ( 21 ) Id . , from Northwich , 9th June , 1810. ( 22 ) Southey , loc . cit . , p . 211. ( 23 ) Life of Thomas Telford ...
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... Southey's descriptions have been drawn on elsewhere . Many are interesting because they clearly reflect Telford's own views . Thus when Southey refers to General Wade's bridge at Aberfeldy as creditable neither to the skill nor the ...
... Southey's descriptions have been drawn on elsewhere . Many are interesting because they clearly reflect Telford's own views . Thus when Southey refers to General Wade's bridge at Aberfeldy as creditable neither to the skill nor the ...
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... Southey , loc . cit . , P. 74. ( 11 ) Id . , pp . 86 and 88. ( 12 ) Report from the Committee on the Funds of the Forfeited Estates , 16th June , 1806. ( 13 ) Life of Thomas Telford , p . 142. ( 14 ) Southey , loc . cit . , p . 53. ( 15 ) ...
... Southey , loc . cit . , P. 74. ( 11 ) Id . , pp . 86 and 88. ( 12 ) Report from the Committee on the Funds of the Forfeited Estates , 16th June , 1806. ( 13 ) Life of Thomas Telford , p . 142. ( 14 ) Southey , loc . cit . , p . 53. ( 15 ) ...
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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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