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... fact , basing his calculations on Mylne's 1790 Report on London Water supply , Tel- ford found that Edinburgh was being supplied with only one - quarter of what had been regarded as normal by Mylne . Telford's suggested means to ...
... fact , basing his calculations on Mylne's 1790 Report on London Water supply , Tel- ford found that Edinburgh was being supplied with only one - quarter of what had been regarded as normal by Mylne . Telford's suggested means to ...
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... fact he had been for years stating his intention of restricting not only his canal activities but his commitments gener- ally . After all , as Miss Malcolm had said , he was some- what old to be wandering about the country ; and some of ...
... fact he had been for years stating his intention of restricting not only his canal activities but his commitments gener- ally . After all , as Miss Malcolm had said , he was some- what old to be wandering about the country ; and some of ...
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... facts and observations relative to the affairs of the Forth and Clyde Navigation . Submitted by direction of the Council to the consideration of the whole body of proprietors . January 1816. ( Contains a summary of a report by Telford ...
... facts and observations relative to the affairs of the Forth and Clyde Navigation . Submitted by direction of the Council to the consideration of the whole body of proprietors . January 1816. ( Contains a summary of a report by Telford ...
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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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