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... remained for the actual docks.- It being obvious that the accommodation required could not be obtained by the simple forms of squares and parallelograms , I was , from necessity , led to adapt the shape of the docks to that of the ...
... remained for the actual docks.- It being obvious that the accommodation required could not be obtained by the simple forms of squares and parallelograms , I was , from necessity , led to adapt the shape of the docks to that of the ...
Page 279
... remained Engineer till his death , and not very long before he reports that he has examined it : From Ellesmere to Chirk , across the river Dee and up the town of Llangollen , including the Frankton Locks , and the aqueducts of ...
... remained Engineer till his death , and not very long before he reports that he has examined it : From Ellesmere to Chirk , across the river Dee and up the town of Llangollen , including the Frankton Locks , and the aqueducts of ...
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... remained in a very disjointed form . They were ultimately edited and published by Rickman . It was a last tribute that he willingly paid to his old friend and colleague for whom indeed he had the greatest admiration . But he probably ...
... remained in a very disjointed form . They were ultimately edited and published by Rickman . It was a last tribute that he willingly paid to his old friend and colleague for whom indeed he had the greatest admiration . But he probably ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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