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1 person of the name of Lester in which it was satisfactorily proved that the petitioner had formed a plan similar to Mr. Macadam's prior to the operations of that gentleman . He had also presented a petition from a Mr. Paterson ...
1 person of the name of Lester in which it was satisfactorily proved that the petitioner had formed a plan similar to Mr. Macadam's prior to the operations of that gentleman . He had also presented a petition from a Mr. Paterson ...
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This altho ' forbidding to a young person who believes it possible to find a short and hasty path to distinction , has been shewn to be otherwise , by the two examples which have of late been most successful - one of whom lives on ...
This altho ' forbidding to a young person who believes it possible to find a short and hasty path to distinction , has been shewn to be otherwise , by the two examples which have of late been most successful - one of whom lives on ...
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After what I have represented , the difficulty of procuring any competent person willing to undertake in Office not promising one Year's duration , might be considerable ; but I have reason to believe that Mr. Samuel Smith would not ...
After what I have represented , the difficulty of procuring any competent person willing to undertake in Office not promising one Year's duration , might be considerable ; but I have reason to believe that Mr. Samuel Smith would not ...
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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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