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... Edinburgh where work was then in progress particularly on Princes Street and generally throughout the New Town ... Edinburgh . After a year or more in Edinburgh he returned home for a brief stay and then , realising that he had exhausted ...
... Edinburgh where work was then in progress particularly on Princes Street and generally throughout the New Town ... Edinburgh . After a year or more in Edinburgh he returned home for a brief stay and then , realising that he had exhausted ...
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... Edinburgh University , car- ried out a detailed investigation from the chemical point of view . The report dealt fully with the existing sources of supply , noted the lack of any fixed principle in the type or size of existing pipes ...
... Edinburgh University , car- ried out a detailed investigation from the chemical point of view . The report dealt fully with the existing sources of supply , noted the lack of any fixed principle in the type or size of existing pipes ...
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... Edinburgh , de- signed by Mylne , commenced in 1763 and wrecked in 1769 when still not quite complete , the weight of the backing causing the side walls and a portion of the bridge to collapse . Telford probably heard and care- fully ...
... Edinburgh , de- signed by Mylne , commenced in 1763 and wrecked in 1769 when still not quite complete , the weight of the backing causing the side walls and a portion of the bridge to collapse . Telford probably heard and care- fully ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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