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Page 38
... various works in addition to the Ellesmere and Shrewsbury Canals , which it is impos- sible to chronicle here . ' I go next week , ' he continues , ' to arrange the Navigation of the Severne from Bewdley to Coalbrookdale . ' · Some ...
... various works in addition to the Ellesmere and Shrewsbury Canals , which it is impos- sible to chronicle here . ' I go next week , ' he continues , ' to arrange the Navigation of the Severne from Bewdley to Coalbrookdale . ' · Some ...
Page 204
... various times , but of them only one , James , became a civil engineer . In Abingdon Street he had more scope . Alexander Gibb , son of John Gibb , Telford's superin- tendent for harbour and river works , and Joseph Mitchell , son of ...
... various times , but of them only one , James , became a civil engineer . In Abingdon Street he had more scope . Alexander Gibb , son of John Gibb , Telford's superin- tendent for harbour and river works , and Joseph Mitchell , son of ...
Page 271
... various diameter for various weighted boats and high velocities ( 15 miles per hour ) . but this created inaccuracy be- cause the thicker the line the farther it is from the centre of the cylinder ; and all the lines are to be similar ...
... various diameter for various weighted boats and high velocities ( 15 miles per hour ) . but this created inaccuracy be- cause the thicker the line the farther it is from the centre of the cylinder ; and all the lines are to be similar ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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