Life of Charles Blacker Vignoles ...: Soldier and Civil Engineer, Formerly Lieutenant in H.M. 1st Royals, Past-president of Institution of Civil Engineers; a Reminiscence of Early Railway HistoryThis memoir of the life and work of the late Mr C.B. Vignoles is in three sections: his life of adventure as an officer in the British Army; his work as one of the small group of civil engineers engaged in the construction of the earliest railways in England and Ireland; and his foreign engineering work. |
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... Brunel , ( 1843 ) . by Charles B. Vignoles Presco St Helens . verpool SEA Birkenhead Edgrall Air P Mersey Lley CA Helle Bromontory RS CARNARVONO BAY Port Dinley Menal Str Denlight Estuary fee LINT CHESHIRE Chester Mareal Forming Dhell ...
... Brunel , ( 1843 ) . by Charles B. Vignoles Presco St Helens . verpool SEA Birkenhead Edgrall Air P Mersey Lley CA Helle Bromontory RS CARNARVONO BAY Port Dinley Menal Str Denlight Estuary fee LINT CHESHIRE Chester Mareal Forming Dhell ...
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... Brunel -The loco- motive question - Ericsson's ' Novelty -The competition at Rainhill- Vignoles's notes made at the time - Success of the Rocket , ' & c . • 121-135 CHAPTER XI . 1829-30 . Letters from America - Vignoles's engagement on ...
... Brunel -The loco- motive question - Ericsson's ' Novelty -The competition at Rainhill- Vignoles's notes made at the time - Success of the Rocket , ' & c . • 121-135 CHAPTER XI . 1829-30 . Letters from America - Vignoles's engagement on ...
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... Brunel , Mr. C. H. Gregory - Letters from Dr. Gregory , Sir John Burgoyne , M. Poussin - Gives evidence on various railway schemes - The ' Vignoles Rail ' -Appointed consulting engineer of Eastern Counties Railway - Reminiscences of ...
... Brunel , Mr. C. H. Gregory - Letters from Dr. Gregory , Sir John Burgoyne , M. Poussin - Gives evidence on various railway schemes - The ' Vignoles Rail ' -Appointed consulting engineer of Eastern Counties Railway - Reminiscences of ...
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... Brunel - were visitors ; Dr. O. Gregory being also one who frequently joined the family group , more especially when Vignoles's aunt , Miss Hutton , was one of the party . This relative ( as we have shown ) was deeply attached to her ...
... Brunel - were visitors ; Dr. O. Gregory being also one who frequently joined the family group , more especially when Vignoles's aunt , Miss Hutton , was one of the party . This relative ( as we have shown ) was deeply attached to her ...
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... Brunel and himself . Brunel , though naturally anxious to appoint his own son to the post of assistant engineer to the Thames Tunnel , had reason to fear that this step would not meet with the approval of the directors ; and on hearing ...
... Brunel and himself . Brunel , though naturally anxious to appoint his own son to the post of assistant engineer to the Thames Tunnel , had reason to fear that this step would not meet with the approval of the directors ; and on hearing ...
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