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Wick was the last legitimate offspring of the British Fisheries Society . The previous settlements of the Society had been at Tobermory , Stein and Ullapool . Telford advised on the two first and may well have been consulted in regard ...
Wick was the last legitimate offspring of the British Fisheries Society . The previous settlements of the Society had been at Tobermory , Stein and Ullapool . Telford advised on the two first and may well have been consulted in regard ...
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The earliest engineering club or society was established in 1771 by or under the auspices of Smeaton , whose name it took . It existed for twenty years until an unfortunate episode at a meeting in 1792 led to the withdrawal of Smeaton ...
The earliest engineering club or society was established in 1771 by or under the auspices of Smeaton , whose name it took . It existed for twenty years until an unfortunate episode at a meeting in 1792 led to the withdrawal of Smeaton ...
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A small fishing port of Loch Bay in the Isle of Skye founded by the British Fisheries Society . Telford advised the use of Parker's cement on the pier they were building in 1796 . 1798-1802 . London Docks .
A small fishing port of Loch Bay in the Isle of Skye founded by the British Fisheries Society . Telford advised the use of Parker's cement on the pier they were building in 1796 . 1798-1802 . London Docks .
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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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