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... 'll tear away that Pillar if my schemes succeed , and let the Old beef head and his puppy * Matthew Davidson - who became one of Telford's chief assistants . of an ignorant Clerk try their dexterity at their leisure 6 THE STORY OF TELFORD.
... 'll tear away that Pillar if my schemes succeed , and let the Old beef head and his puppy * Matthew Davidson - who became one of Telford's chief assistants . of an ignorant Clerk try their dexterity at their leisure 6 THE STORY OF TELFORD.
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... assistants , particularly in Scotland . John Gibb was his chief representative in Harbour and Bridge matters and ... assistant for such work . Even where Telford was not directly con- cerned , Mitchell invariably referred his more ...
... assistants , particularly in Scotland . John Gibb was his chief representative in Harbour and Bridge matters and ... assistant for such work . Even where Telford was not directly con- cerned , Mitchell invariably referred his more ...
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... assistants , returned to his canal boat experiments . By January 1833 , 250 tests had been carried out , and he had interested Col. Page , Chairman of the Kennet and Avon , in the work . The results were so encouraging that it was ...
... assistants , returned to his canal boat experiments . By January 1833 , 250 tests had been carried out , and he had interested Col. Page , Chairman of the Kennet and Avon , in the work . The results were so encouraging that it was ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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