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a practical experience , and with Jessop reinforced Telford's less wide experience in regard to sea works . He was connected with much of Telford's work , sometimes as resident engineer , but more frequently as contractor .
a practical experience , and with Jessop reinforced Telford's less wide experience in regard to sea works . He was connected with much of Telford's work , sometimes as resident engineer , but more frequently as contractor .
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He encouraged the presentation of papers on actual works , put forward by members or guests on their own practical experience . He rather scorned theoretical disquisitions and discussions which he thought generally led nowhere .
He encouraged the presentation of papers on actual works , put forward by members or guests on their own practical experience . He rather scorned theoretical disquisitions and discussions which he thought generally led nowhere .
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Latterly he would not conceal an impatience that amounted almost to intolerance , when he had to deal with the purely theoretical engineer whose lack of personal experience or of any practical knowledge of the problems he claimed to ...
Latterly he would not conceal an impatience that amounted almost to intolerance , when he had to deal with the purely theoretical engineer whose lack of personal experience or of any practical knowledge of the problems he claimed to ...
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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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