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... John Telford , Shepherd . 1759. Smeaton completed the Eddystone Lighthouse . 1761. John Rennie born . 1767. Bridgewater Canal started . 1769. James Watt patented his steam engine . 1771. Telford apprenticed to a stonemason in Langholm ...
... John Telford , Shepherd . 1759. Smeaton completed the Eddystone Lighthouse . 1761. John Rennie born . 1767. Bridgewater Canal started . 1769. James Watt patented his steam engine . 1771. Telford apprenticed to a stonemason in Langholm ...
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... John Rickman , Clerk to the House of Commons , Secretary to the Highland Roads and Bridge Commissioners , etc. , to his wife or his son , referring to tours with Telford and his works , 1828-1833 . Lent by Mrs. Rickman of Sherborne ...
... John Rickman , Clerk to the House of Commons , Secretary to the Highland Roads and Bridge Commissioners , etc. , to his wife or his son , referring to tours with Telford and his works , 1828-1833 . Lent by Mrs. Rickman of Sherborne ...
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... John Sinclair . Statistical Account of Scotland . By Sir John Sinclair . Diary of Lord Colchester . Autobiography of Sir John Rennie . ' Memoir of William Jessop , ' in Weale's Engineering Papers . Letters of Robert Southey . J. W. ...
... John Sinclair . Statistical Account of Scotland . By Sir John Sinclair . Diary of Lord Colchester . Autobiography of Sir John Rennie . ' Memoir of William Jessop , ' in Weale's Engineering Papers . Letters of Robert Southey . J. W. ...
Contents
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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