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... . " - CARLYLE , Past and Present . ABRIDGED FROM ' LIVES OF THE ENGINEERS . ' LONDON : JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE STREET . 1864 . The right of Translation is reserved . WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR . STORY OF THE LIFE JAMES BRINDLEY.
... . " - CARLYLE , Past and Present . ABRIDGED FROM ' LIVES OF THE ENGINEERS . ' LONDON : JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE STREET . 1864 . The right of Translation is reserved . WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR . STORY OF THE LIFE JAMES BRINDLEY.
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... JOHN SMEATON - JOHN RENNIE - THOMAS TELFORD . Second Series . 1 vol . 8vo . 21s . With Portraits and 70 Woodcuts . Vol . III . GEORGE AND ROBERT STEPHENSON . WORKMEN'S EARNINGS , -SAVINGS , -AND STRIKES ; reprinted from the ' Quarterly ...
... JOHN SMEATON - JOHN RENNIE - THOMAS TELFORD . Second Series . 1 vol . 8vo . 21s . With Portraits and 70 Woodcuts . Vol . III . GEORGE AND ROBERT STEPHENSON . WORKMEN'S EARNINGS , -SAVINGS , -AND STRIKES ; reprinted from the ' Quarterly ...
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... John Oglander's account of the circumstances connected with the reclamation - Failure of the works - Hugh and Thomas Myd- delton as Members of Parliament - Hugh's connection with Wales - Mines Royal Company of Cardiganshire — Their ...
... John Oglander's account of the circumstances connected with the reclamation - Failure of the works - Hugh and Thomas Myd- delton as Members of Parliament - Hugh's connection with Wales - Mines Royal Company of Cardiganshire — Their ...
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... John Perry - His early career as a sailor - Employed by the Czar Peter of Russia to superintend a canal from St. Petersburg to the Caspian Sea Perry is ap- pointed comptroller of Russian maritime works Surveys canal route from St ...
... John Perry - His early career as a sailor - Employed by the Czar Peter of Russia to superintend a canal from St. Petersburg to the Caspian Sea Perry is ap- pointed comptroller of Russian maritime works Surveys canal route from St ...
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... John E. Heathcote , of Clifton Colliery , employs Brindley to drain his drowned mines - Brindley succeeds where others failed Low remuneration for skilled labour - Brindley em- ployed in fitting up a silk - mill at Congleton - His ...
... John E. Heathcote , of Clifton Colliery , employs Brindley to drain his drowned mines - Brindley succeeds where others failed Low remuneration for skilled labour - Brindley em- ployed in fitting up a silk - mill at Congleton - His ...
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