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It was not strange , perhaps , that he had little time for friendships . In 1788 his duty as Surveyor brought him into touch with John Howard who came to inspect the reconstruction of the County Gaol , and Telford's profound impressions ...
It was not strange , perhaps , that he had little time for friendships . In 1788 his duty as Surveyor brought him into touch with John Howard who came to inspect the reconstruction of the County Gaol , and Telford's profound impressions ...
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Telford thus found a prepared ground and ready helpers — the more ready perhaps to accept his recommendations because these last were authoritative and based on technical surveys - and not merely the result of patriotic but perhaps ...
Telford thus found a prepared ground and ready helpers — the more ready perhaps to accept his recommendations because these last were authoritative and based on technical surveys - and not merely the result of patriotic but perhaps ...
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If I had a wish to utter it would be , that circumstances might permit You once more to give us a call , wich certainly now we are at business would be of great good to us , and perhaps not without interest to You .
If I had a wish to utter it would be , that circumstances might permit You once more to give us a call , wich certainly now we are at business would be of great good to us , and perhaps not without interest to You .
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Contents
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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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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