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a practical experience , and with Jessop reinforced Telford's less wide experience in regard to sea works . He was connected with much of Telford's work , sometimes as resident engineer , but more frequently as contractor .
a practical experience , and with Jessop reinforced Telford's less wide experience in regard to sea works . He was connected with much of Telford's work , sometimes as resident engineer , but more frequently as contractor .
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Such experiences by their very rarity attract attention and sometimes call forth criticisms that are as mistaken as ... of the Scylla of an expensive over - caution , he must risk sooner or later an experience such as the Don Bridge .
Such experiences by their very rarity attract attention and sometimes call forth criticisms that are as mistaken as ... of the Scylla of an expensive over - caution , he must risk sooner or later an experience such as the Don Bridge .
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Latterly he would not conceal an impatience that amounted almost to intolerance , when he had to deal with the purely theoretical engineer whose lack of personal experience or of any practical knowledge of the problems he claimed to ...
Latterly he would not conceal an impatience that amounted almost to intolerance , when he had to deal with the purely theoretical engineer whose lack of personal experience or of any practical knowledge of the problems he claimed to ...
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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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