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... Telford , and his son , the historian of Modern Europe , relates in his autobiography that Telford ever felt a debt of gratitude to his father for , as he says , being the first gentleman to accept and treat him as an equal . A very ...
... Telford , and his son , the historian of Modern Europe , relates in his autobiography that Telford ever felt a debt of gratitude to his father for , as he says , being the first gentleman to accept and treat him as an equal . A very ...
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... Telford , Robert Stevenson and Alexander Nimmo , Civil Engineers , recommending two extensive new seaports on the Rivers Dee and Mersey adjacent to Liverpool ; London , 16th May , 1828. ( 2 ) Life of Thomas Telford , p . xiv . ( 3 ) Id ...
... Telford , Robert Stevenson and Alexander Nimmo , Civil Engineers , recommending two extensive new seaports on the Rivers Dee and Mersey adjacent to Liverpool ; London , 16th May , 1828. ( 2 ) Life of Thomas Telford , p . xiv . ( 3 ) Id ...
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... Telford and James Watt and the firm of Boulton and Watt , 1800-1833 . Lent by the Birmingham Corporation . Original letters from Count von Platen to Telford , and a few from Telford to von Platen on Gotha Canal matters , 1802-1833 . In ...
... Telford and James Watt and the firm of Boulton and Watt , 1800-1833 . Lent by the Birmingham Corporation . Original letters from Count von Platen to Telford , and a few from Telford to von Platen on Gotha Canal matters , 1802-1833 . In ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
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