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The Central parts of the Highlands , and the shores at each extremity would be improved by the introduction of habits of ... Besides this Navigation , it appears to me , that for the purposes of the Fisheries and the improvement of the ...
The Central parts of the Highlands , and the shores at each extremity would be improved by the introduction of habits of ... Besides this Navigation , it appears to me , that for the purposes of the Fisheries and the improvement of the ...
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... made in the four Northern Counties of Scotland , the improvements made in the Glasgow - Carlisle Road , and in ... diffused a spirit of road improvement throughout the whole Kingdom ; and the perfected roads having justified a ...
... made in the four Northern Counties of Scotland , the improvements made in the Glasgow - Carlisle Road , and in ... diffused a spirit of road improvement throughout the whole Kingdom ; and the perfected roads having justified a ...
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Report of Select Committee appointed to consider evidence taken on Bills for the improvement of the Port of London . ' 1799 . * Select Committees upon further measures for the Improvement of the Port of London . ' 1800 , 1801 .
Report of Select Committee appointed to consider evidence taken on Bills for the improvement of the Port of London . ' 1799 . * Select Committees upon further measures for the Improvement of the Port of London . ' 1800 , 1801 .
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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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