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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Page xv
... Emperor Nicholas - Meets the Emperor at Kieff - Chooses site of bridge - Brief account of dimensions of bridge . 317-332 CHAPTER XXI . 1848-50 . Further visits to Kieff - Floods in Dnieper -- Fascine work for coffer - dams -Inspection ...
... Emperor Nicholas - Meets the Emperor at Kieff - Chooses site of bridge - Brief account of dimensions of bridge . 317-332 CHAPTER XXI . 1848-50 . Further visits to Kieff - Floods in Dnieper -- Fascine work for coffer - dams -Inspection ...
Page xix
... Emperor Nicholas ; the story being told almost exclusively in Vignoles's own words , as found in his copious and carefully- written journals . Indeed , it will be remarked that throughout . XX LIFE OF C. B. VIGNOLES the whole biography ...
... Emperor Nicholas ; the story being told almost exclusively in Vignoles's own words , as found in his copious and carefully- written journals . Indeed , it will be remarked that throughout . XX LIFE OF C. B. VIGNOLES the whole biography ...
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... emperors , ki mi je the brains fu in the Par eejee comes to London ... Portsmouth , ence to date d afraid you have cars radiate God , my dear jours persen an grandson of Dr. Hann to your aunt as a way Ensign Vignelė sen some interest ...
... emperors , ki mi je the brains fu in the Par eejee comes to London ... Portsmouth , ence to date d afraid you have cars radiate God , my dear jours persen an grandson of Dr. Hann to your aunt as a way Ensign Vignelė sen some interest ...
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... emperors , kings and princes , & c . , whirling about , have turned the brains of most people ; and the " Fairs , " as they call them , in the Parks , completed the business . Mr. Hansom seldom comes to London , and the marriage of his ...
... emperors , kings and princes , & c . , whirling about , have turned the brains of most people ; and the " Fairs , " as they call them , in the Parks , completed the business . Mr. Hansom seldom comes to London , and the marriage of his ...
Page 317
... Emperor Nicholas -- Count Kleinmichel , & c . - Meets the Emperor at Kieff - Chooses site of bridge - Brief account of dimensions of bridge , & c . 1846-47 . ONE of the most interesting engineering works carried out by Vignoles was the ...
... Emperor Nicholas -- Count Kleinmichel , & c . - Meets the Emperor at Kieff - Chooses site of bridge - Brief account of dimensions of bridge , & c . 1846-47 . ONE of the most interesting engineering works carried out by Vignoles was the ...
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