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18 Long after he said he had once taken out a patent and it had given him so much trouble he had never tried another . That was , however , not his view at the time , for a number of other inventions had for a while a great deal of his ...
18 Long after he said he had once taken out a patent and it had given him so much trouble he had never tried another . That was , however , not his view at the time , for a number of other inventions had for a while a great deal of his ...
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4 It was patented later , but many years after Telford said that he had but once taken out a patent and it had given him so much trouble , that he never took out another . The question of cement for under water works also much engaged ...
4 It was patented later , but many years after Telford said that he had but once taken out a patent and it had given him so much trouble , that he never took out another . The question of cement for under water works also much engaged ...
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Some of these gentlemen proceeded to St. Alban's the night before , there to be taken up . The road pursued was through Kentish Town , and by the New Cut to Highgate Archway , beyond which , to the distant end of the archway road ...
Some of these gentlemen proceeded to St. Alban's the night before , there to be taken up . The road pursued was through Kentish Town , and by the New Cut to Highgate Archway , beyond which , to the distant end of the archway road ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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| Title | The Story of Telford: The Rise of Civil Engineering |
| Author | Sir Alexander Gibb |
| Publisher | A. Maclehose & Company, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 22 Aug 2008 |
| Length | 357 pages |
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