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... person to be consulted as Engineer . ' Being already convinced that a suspension bridge was the only type that suited the situation , he considered it unnecessary to investigate any plans that differed from this principle , but he also ...
... person to be consulted as Engineer . ' Being already convinced that a suspension bridge was the only type that suited the situation , he considered it unnecessary to investigate any plans that differed from this principle , but he also ...
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... persons who have volunteered their Services ; in fact , the profession has more candidates than can be employed ; the ... person who believes it pos- sible to find a short and hasty path to distinction , has been shewn to be otherwise ...
... persons who have volunteered their Services ; in fact , the profession has more candidates than can be employed ; the ... person who believes it pos- sible to find a short and hasty path to distinction , has been shewn to be otherwise ...
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... person . Never- theless , there is one trait to which I may refer , because from it the observation of his most intimate friends was carefully excluded , but which , from the position I occupied , I could not escape from occasionally ...
... person . Never- theless , there is one trait to which I may refer , because from it the observation of his most intimate friends was carefully excluded , but which , from the position I occupied , I could not escape from occasionally ...
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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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