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Page 155
... persons some half dozen only were swimming for the land.'16 The bridge too seemed to be under an un- lucky star . It was always a difficulty to find contractors to carry out work in the remoter parts of the Highlands . Telford proposed ...
... persons some half dozen only were swimming for the land.'16 The bridge too seemed to be under an un- lucky star . It was always a difficulty to find contractors to carry out work in the remoter parts of the Highlands . Telford proposed ...
Page 194
... persons taking upon themselves the name . Engineer- ing , indeed , in England , is taught only as a trade , and this is an essential cause of the evil complained of . The diversity of subjects that come within the province of an ...
... persons taking upon themselves the name . Engineer- ing , indeed , in England , is taught only as a trade , and this is an essential cause of the evil complained of . The diversity of subjects that come within the province of an ...
Page 208
... persons who have volunteered their Services ; in fact , the profession has more candidates than can be employed ... person who believes it pos- sible to find a short and hasty path to distinction , has been shewn to be otherwise , by the ...
... persons who have volunteered their Services ; in fact , the profession has more candidates than can be employed ... person who believes it pos- sible to find a short and hasty path to distinction , has been shewn to be otherwise , by the ...
Contents
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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