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Besides this Navigation , it appears to me , that for the purposes of the Fisheries and the improvement of the northern part ... and has the very fine Bay and Roadstead of Scrabster , this will appear by the Survey I have made of it .
Besides this Navigation , it appears to me , that for the purposes of the Fisheries and the improvement of the northern part ... and has the very fine Bay and Roadstead of Scrabster , this will appear by the Survey I have made of it .
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... has many conveniences and accommodations ; abounds with enterprising and wellinformed men ; and its being so happily situated between two very considerable rivers , appears to be an object of very great and singular importance .
... has many conveniences and accommodations ; abounds with enterprising and wellinformed men ; and its being so happily situated between two very considerable rivers , appears to be an object of very great and singular importance .
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Until lately there does not appear to have been any attempt towards establishing a common centre of information for that profession , although its practical nature would suggest the necessity of it . A conviction of the advantages of an ...
Until lately there does not appear to have been any attempt towards establishing a common centre of information for that profession , although its practical nature would suggest the necessity of it . A conviction of the advantages of an ...
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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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