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It is approved , and will be executed under my direction , upon a principle entirely new , and which am endeavouring to establish with regard to the application of Iron.'4 To be strictly accurate , the credit for the idea should ...
It is approved , and will be executed under my direction , upon a principle entirely new , and which am endeavouring to establish with regard to the application of Iron.'4 To be strictly accurate , the credit for the idea should ...
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But in the Fens , success in one direction is apt to have an unfortunate repercussion in some other direction ; and the increased volume and velocity were threatening the Port of King's Lynn . Telford and the young Rennie combined to ...
But in the Fens , success in one direction is apt to have an unfortunate repercussion in some other direction ; and the increased volume and velocity were threatening the Port of King's Lynn . Telford and the young Rennie combined to ...
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... under the direction of a great many individuals with no common 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 established .
... under the direction of a great many individuals with no common 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 established .
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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