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Besides this Navigation , it appears to me , that for the purposes of the Fisheries and the improvement of the northern part of the Island , that it is absolutely necessary , that a Harbour should be made at Wick in Caithness .
Besides this Navigation , it appears to me , that for the purposes of the Fisheries and the improvement of the northern part of the Island , that it is absolutely necessary , that a Harbour should be made at Wick in Caithness .
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... made in the four Northern Counties of Scotland , the improvements made in the Glasgow - Carlisle Road , and in ... diffused a spirit of road improvement throughout the whole Kingdom ; and the perfected roads having justified a ...
... made in the four Northern Counties of Scotland , the improvements made in the Glasgow - Carlisle Road , and in ... diffused a spirit of road improvement throughout the whole Kingdom ; and the perfected roads having justified a ...
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A civil engineer , ' he adds , ' is a zealous instrument in every extensive improvement , and the recent accession of numbers to that profession , of men who must possess much accurate and useful knowledge , is to be deemed an ...
A civil engineer , ' he adds , ' is a zealous instrument in every extensive improvement , and the recent accession of numbers to that profession , of men who must possess much accurate and useful knowledge , is to be deemed an ...
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