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... coalmaster Shropshire ? I know John Howell Coalmaster Shropshire , very well , and I suppose this must be the person you mean , it was he who invented the method of Boring wooden pipes , for which I 42 THE STORY OF TELFORD.
... coalmaster Shropshire ? I know John Howell Coalmaster Shropshire , very well , and I suppose this must be the person you mean , it was he who invented the method of Boring wooden pipes , for which I 42 THE STORY OF TELFORD.
Page 226
... person who is forced to bring it before them ; and who himself at the beginning was forced into the service of the Canal , when his own opinion of its success was openly declared not to be favourable . Even the Duke of Wellington ...
... person who is forced to bring it before them ; and who himself at the beginning was forced into the service of the Canal , when his own opinion of its success was openly declared not to be favourable . Even the Duke of Wellington ...
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... mon interest and no concert among them , should be under the direction of one person , whose duty it should be , to see that proper sewers were everywhere estab- lished . ' Burdett concluded by moving That Mr. Tel- LONDON WATER SUPPLY 285.
... mon interest and no concert among them , should be under the direction of one person , whose duty it should be , to see that proper sewers were everywhere estab- lished . ' Burdett concluded by moving That Mr. Tel- LONDON WATER SUPPLY 285.
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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