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The Rise of Civil Engineering Sir Alexander Gibb. a practical experience , and with Jessop reinforced Tel- ford's less wide experience in regard to sea works . He was connected with much of Telford's work , sometimes as resident engineer ...
The Rise of Civil Engineering Sir Alexander Gibb. a practical experience , and with Jessop reinforced Tel- ford's less wide experience in regard to sea works . He was connected with much of Telford's work , sometimes as resident engineer ...
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... experiences by their very rarity attract attention and sometimes call forth criticisms that are as mistaken as they are ... experience such as the Don Bridge . Telford necessarily in these latter years relied to an in- creasing extent on ...
... experiences by their very rarity attract attention and sometimes call forth criticisms that are as mistaken as they are ... experience such as the Don Bridge . Telford necessarily in these latter years relied to an in- creasing extent on ...
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... experience or of any practical knowledge of the problems he claimed to solve was but partially offset by his self assurance . But for all that Telford's own inves- tigations were always carried out most scrupulously , in logical order ...
... experience or of any practical knowledge of the problems he claimed to solve was but partially offset by his self assurance . But for all that Telford's own inves- tigations were always carried out most scrupulously , in logical order ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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