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... to enclose a harbour capable of admitting vessels of 100 to 200 tons burden at half tide . REFERENCES ( 1 ) Letter to John Rickman , from Edinburgh , 18th October , 1803 ( 2 ) Id . ( 3 ) Id . , from Shrewsbury , 27th October , 1803.
... to enclose a harbour capable of admitting vessels of 100 to 200 tons burden at half tide . REFERENCES ( 1 ) Letter to John Rickman , from Edinburgh , 18th October , 1803 ( 2 ) Id . ( 3 ) Id . , from Shrewsbury , 27th October , 1803.
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JE 14 Recept Flue " our 26 Atlas of Drawings also prepared and assembled by Telford , was published by Rickman in 1838 . Having now shared in 75 Years incessant exertions , ' he wrote in 1832 , ' I have for some Years past , proposed to ...
JE 14 Recept Flue " our 26 Atlas of Drawings also prepared and assembled by Telford , was published by Rickman in 1838 . Having now shared in 75 Years incessant exertions , ' he wrote in 1832 , ' I have for some Years past , proposed to ...
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a created Inter Sant Telford was in all probability often reserved in Rickman's presence . The absence of vanity or ostentation to which Rickman refers was consistent with a ranging , restless ambition and unshaken self - reliance .
a created Inter Sant Telford was in all probability often reserved in Rickman's presence . The absence of vanity or ostentation to which Rickman refers was consistent with a ranging , restless ambition and unshaken self - reliance .
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
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| Title | The Story of Telford: The Rise of Civil Engineering |
| Author | Sir Alexander Gibb |
| Publisher | A. Maclehose & Company, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 357 pages |
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