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The iron aqueduct , or trough , having proved practical on the comparatively small scale of the Shrewsbury Canal , it was decided to put it to greatly extended use ...
The iron aqueduct , or trough , having proved practical on the comparatively small scale of the Shrewsbury Canal , it was decided to put it to greatly extended use ...
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The Institution is composed of practical engineers ; its principle is mutual communication ; and it is supported by the subscription of its members . The members are at liberty to propose any practical question at their meetings ...
The Institution is composed of practical engineers ; its principle is mutual communication ; and it is supported by the subscription of its members . The members are at liberty to propose any practical question at their meetings ...
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If Civil Engineering is , after all , still preferred , the way in which both the late Mr. Rennie and myself proceeded , was to serve a regular apprenticeship to some practical employment , he to a Millwright and I to a general ...
If Civil Engineering is , after all , still preferred , the way in which both the late Mr. Rennie and myself proceeded , was to serve a regular apprenticeship to some practical employment , he to a Millwright and I to a general ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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