James Brindley and the early Engineers ... Abridged from “Lives of the Engineers.'. |
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Page vii
... king James - England's dependence upon foreigners in former times — England's progress in engineering and manufacturing skill .. Page 1-18 - - CHAPTER II . - SIR CORNELIUS VERMUYDEN - DRAINAGE OF THE FENS . Vermuyden's embankment and ...
... king James - England's dependence upon foreigners in former times — England's progress in engineering and manufacturing skill .. Page 1-18 - - CHAPTER II . - SIR CORNELIUS VERMUYDEN - DRAINAGE OF THE FENS . Vermuyden's embankment and ...
Page viii
... King James assists Myddelton in the completion of the work - Public ceremony on the opening of the New River Benefits of the increased water supply -The water carriers Formation of the New River Company - .. 48-82 CHAPTER IV . SIR HUGH ...
... King James assists Myddelton in the completion of the work - Public ceremony on the opening of the New River Benefits of the increased water supply -The water carriers Formation of the New River Company - .. 48-82 CHAPTER IV . SIR HUGH ...
Page xiii
... King's Commissioners and the States as to inspection - Financial troubles and appeals to Colbert- The works nearly completed when Riquet dies - Cost of the Canal . - 301-312 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . The Thames from Dagenham Bank ...
... King's Commissioners and the States as to inspection - Financial troubles and appeals to Colbert- The works nearly completed when Riquet dies - Cost of the Canal . - 301-312 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . The Thames from Dagenham Bank ...
Page 8
... Kings Lynne 3 Miles Billing Fen Thaleris Fins Houghton Wesl Moore Stow Hall A The Scale of Miles West Bercham A A Preists Houst Fallwell Commons Mildenhall oham Fens Fens Saham STL PART of HUNTINGDON Neots SHIRE Jen DO 4 PART of ...
... Kings Lynne 3 Miles Billing Fen Thaleris Fins Houghton Wesl Moore Stow Hall A The Scale of Miles West Bercham A A Preists Houst Fallwell Commons Mildenhall oham Fens Fens Saham STL PART of HUNTINGDON Neots SHIRE Jen DO 4 PART of ...
Page 9
... King's Lynn , near which there is another old Ouse . But the probability is that all the rivers flowed into a lake , which existed on the tract known as the Great Bed- ford Level , from thence finding their way , by numerous and ...
... King's Lynn , near which there is another old Ouse . But the probability is that all the rivers flowed into a lake , which existed on the tract known as the Great Bed- ford Level , from thence finding their way , by numerous and ...
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