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In that part of your Survey which now remains they have another object of great importance in view . Namely the making the Harbours on the North Eastern Coast subservient to the purposes of commerce with the Northern parts of FIRST ...
In that part of your Survey which now remains they have another object of great importance in view . Namely the making the Harbours on the North Eastern Coast subservient to the purposes of commerce with the Northern parts of FIRST ...
Page 66
... found and made a point of Rendevous , I at present conceive that not only the eastern extremity of the proposed Navigation , but the North and East Coast and the Trade in general would be effectually protected and accommodated .
... found and made a point of Rendevous , I at present conceive that not only the eastern extremity of the proposed Navigation , but the North and East Coast and the Trade in general would be effectually protected and accommodated .
Page 80
The arguments in favour of it had been stated by Watt , * as follows : ( 1 ) Vessels from Ireland and West Coast of England must use either the English Channel or ' go north about through the Pentland Firth . In the north about ' voyage ...
The arguments in favour of it had been stated by Watt , * as follows : ( 1 ) Vessels from Ireland and West Coast of England must use either the English Channel or ' go north about through the Pentland Firth . In the north about ' voyage ...
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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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