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... experiments are tried p diem- ' Telford's own account was even more enthusiastic . Writing to Thomas Grahame on 24th January , 1833 , he says : ' MY DEAR SIR , I have during the last fortnight , been constantly en- gaged with experiments ...
... experiments are tried p diem- ' Telford's own account was even more enthusiastic . Writing to Thomas Grahame on 24th January , 1833 , he says : ' MY DEAR SIR , I have during the last fortnight , been constantly en- gaged with experiments ...
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... experiments by means of a Bramah Hy- draulic Press and with the aid of Prof. Barlow of Woolwich carefully collated the results . The experiments were carried on for several more years and in 1817 Prof. Barlow published the results in ...
... experiments by means of a Bramah Hy- draulic Press and with the aid of Prof. Barlow of Woolwich carefully collated the results . The experiments were carried on for several more years and in 1817 Prof. Barlow published the results in ...
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... EXPERIMENTS ON THE RESISTANCE OF CANAL BARGES . These researches arose out of experiments made by a Mr. Houston on the Ardrossan Canal , with a view to increasing the speed of barges by reducing the resistance . They were made ' when ...
... EXPERIMENTS ON THE RESISTANCE OF CANAL BARGES . These researches arose out of experiments made by a Mr. Houston on the Ardrossan Canal , with a view to increasing the speed of barges by reducing the resistance . They were made ' when ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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