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He encouraged the presentation of papers on actual works , put forward by members or guests on their own practical experience . He rather scorned theoretical disquisitions and discussions which he thought generally led nowhere .
He encouraged the presentation of papers on actual works , put forward by members or guests on their own practical experience . He rather scorned theoretical disquisitions and discussions which he thought generally led nowhere .
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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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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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Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
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 |
| Length | 357 pages |
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