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Page 71
... important objects . I have endeavoured to make the northern proprietors sensible of their own Interests , and to convince Government and the public that the nation at large is deeply interested in the proposed improvements . I have left ...
... important objects . I have endeavoured to make the northern proprietors sensible of their own Interests , and to convince Government and the public that the nation at large is deeply interested in the proposed improvements . I have left ...
Page 183
... important construction in London for which he was wholly responsible . It is curious that this should have been so . For forty years a very successful and well- known figure in Parliamentary Committees ; for at least fifteen years the ...
... important construction in London for which he was wholly responsible . It is curious that this should have been so . For forty years a very successful and well- known figure in Parliamentary Committees ; for at least fifteen years the ...
Page 242
... important new harbour works to be dealt with - the Port of Glasgow for one , with which he had already been connected more than once ; the Port of Leith , the only important port in Scotland with which he had not hitherto been concerned ...
... important new harbour works to be dealt with - the Port of Glasgow for one , with which he had already been connected more than once ; the Port of Leith , the only important port in Scotland with which he had not hitherto been concerned ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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