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... effect , added to the many instances of water diverted from its former course , to the injury of individuals , with or without benefit to the general interests of the fens , can- not but have sunk deeply into the minds of near ...
... effect , added to the many instances of water diverted from its former course , to the injury of individuals , with or without benefit to the general interests of the fens , can- not but have sunk deeply into the minds of near ...
Page 262
... effect of a separate flatter arch springing from a point some feet higher than the main one . The under side of the bridge instead of being part of a cylinder is convex . It was thought that this form would give a freer passage to flood ...
... effect of a separate flatter arch springing from a point some feet higher than the main one . The under side of the bridge instead of being part of a cylinder is convex . It was thought that this form would give a freer passage to flood ...
Page 294
... effects of his benevolent aid ; for , among other seemingly latent qualities , he ever retained that strong attachment to ... effect upon me than all the fiddlers in England . ' 20 His French biographer bitterly congratulates him on his ...
... effects of his benevolent aid ; for , among other seemingly latent qualities , he ever retained that strong attachment to ... effect upon me than all the fiddlers in England . ' 20 His French biographer bitterly congratulates him on his ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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