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... experiments were carried out by H. R. Palmer and others . They were trying to find an answer to the rail- way threat and they certainly proved to Telford's satis- faction that canals were still the ideal transport for heavy goods . A ...
... experiments were carried out by H. R. Palmer and others . They were trying to find an answer to the rail- way threat and they certainly proved to Telford's satis- faction that canals were still the ideal transport for heavy goods . A ...
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... experiments will be costly , but will pay Mr. Telford in posthumous fame by furnishing a good article in his Biography : and for solidity of authority each experiment is tried 12 times , and the Medium result registered . I wish you to ...
... experiments will be costly , but will pay Mr. Telford in posthumous fame by furnishing a good article in his Biography : and for solidity of authority each experiment is tried 12 times , and the Medium result registered . I wish you to ...
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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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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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