James Brindley and the early Engineers ... Abridged from “Lives of the Engineers.'. |
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Page ix
... Brindley His Birth and Birthplace - Macclesfield , its trade - The Flash Men " and Broken Cross gangs - Brindley's Croft - His Parentage - Boyhood - Apprenticed to a Millwright - Importance of the Millwright's position and craft - Brindley ...
... Brindley His Birth and Birthplace - Macclesfield , its trade - The Flash Men " and Broken Cross gangs - Brindley's Croft - His Parentage - Boyhood - Apprenticed to a Millwright - Importance of the Millwright's position and craft - Brindley ...
Page x
... Brindley makes improved flint - mills - Employed by the bro- thers Wedgwood - John E. Heathcote , of Clifton Colliery ... Brindley's mechanical and other contrivances — The range and fer- tility of his genius - Valuable uses of the Canal ...
... Brindley makes improved flint - mills - Employed by the bro- thers Wedgwood - John E. Heathcote , of Clifton Colliery ... Brindley's mechanical and other contrivances — The range and fer- tility of his genius - Valuable uses of the Canal ...
Page xi
... Brindley's survey- Extract from diary - Brindley in London- " At the play " - Oppo- sition to the Duke's project - Brindley as witness for the Bill- His model and explanation of " puddling " -Canal lock described · Brindley's powers ...
... Brindley's survey- Extract from diary - Brindley in London- " At the play " - Oppo- sition to the Duke's project - Brindley as witness for the Bill- His model and explanation of " puddling " -Canal lock described · Brindley's powers ...
Page xii
... BRINDLEY'S LAST CANAL- HIS DEATH AND CHARACTER . Brindley's idea of the use of rivers - His ideas of the Grand Trunk realised The Wolverhampton , the Coventry , the Birmingham , the Droitwich , and the Oxford Canals — Brindley's plans ...
... BRINDLEY'S LAST CANAL- HIS DEATH AND CHARACTER . Brindley's idea of the use of rivers - His ideas of the Grand Trunk realised The Wolverhampton , the Coventry , the Birmingham , the Droitwich , and the Oxford Canals — Brindley's plans ...
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... Brindley's Canals on the enterprise and speculation of the time · Extent of the Canal system in Great Britain and Ireland - Canal traffic - Canals and Railways 275-300 APPENDIX . PIERRE - PAUL RIQUET , CONSTRUCTOR OF THE GRAND CANAL OF ...
... Brindley's Canals on the enterprise and speculation of the time · Extent of the Canal system in Great Britain and Ireland - Canal traffic - Canals and Railways 275-300 APPENDIX . PIERRE - PAUL RIQUET , CONSTRUCTOR OF THE GRAND CANAL OF ...
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