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... written by himself , and secondly , the short biography written by Samuel Smiles . The former is not much more than a series of descriptions of such of Telford's engineering works that , at the end of a long life , he thought to be ...
... written by himself , and secondly , the short biography written by Samuel Smiles . The former is not much more than a series of descriptions of such of Telford's engineering works that , at the end of a long life , he thought to be ...
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... written many years afterwards explains the mystery— ' At Inverness I was surprised with a letter from James Douglass announcing his successful career in France . — I am not surprised at it , he was peculiarly fitted for that country . I ...
... written many years afterwards explains the mystery— ' At Inverness I was surprised with a letter from James Douglass announcing his successful career in France . — I am not surprised at it , he was peculiarly fitted for that country . I ...
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... writing retaliating - on one occasion demanding some formal quittance in writing - for , said he , ' With the present Board ... written to all concerned and from most had received such encouraging replies - Fraser of Lovat , for instance ...
... writing retaliating - on one occasion demanding some formal quittance in writing - for , said he , ' With the present Board ... written to all concerned and from most had received such encouraging replies - Fraser of Lovat , for instance ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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