James Brindley and the early Engineers ... Abridged from “Lives of the Engineers.'. |
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Page 23
... second year the work was so far advanced , that a commission was issued for the survey and division amongst the participants of the reclaimed lands . The plan of drainage adopted seems to have been , to carry the waters of the Idle by ...
... second year the work was so far advanced , that a commission was issued for the survey and division amongst the participants of the reclaimed lands . The plan of drainage adopted seems to have been , to carry the waters of the Idle by ...
Page 52
... second arch of London Bridge for a similar purpose . * But even this augmented machinery for pumping was found inadequate for the supply of London . The town was extending rapidly in all directions , and the growing density of the ...
... second arch of London Bridge for a similar purpose . * But even this augmented machinery for pumping was found inadequate for the supply of London . The town was extending rapidly in all directions , and the growing density of the ...
Page 68
... second spring was at Amwell , near the same town ; each being about twenty miles from London as the crow flies . The general plan adopted by Myddelton in cutting the New River was to follow a contour line , as far as practicable , from ...
... second spring was at Amwell , near the same town ; each being about twenty miles from London as the crow flies . The general plan adopted by Myddelton in cutting the New River was to follow a contour line , as far as practicable , from ...
Page 91
... second inning of it . Truly all the better sort of the island were very sorry for Sir Bevis Thelwall , and the commoner sort were as glad as to say truly of Sir Bevis that he did the coun- try many good offices , and was ready at all ...
... second inning of it . Truly all the better sort of the island were very sorry for Sir Bevis Thelwall , and the commoner sort were as glad as to say truly of Sir Bevis that he did the coun- try many good offices , and was ready at all ...
Page 117
... second Son of Sam1 Perry of Rodborough in Gloucestershire Gent & of Sarah his Wife ; Daughter of Sir Thos Nott ; Kr He was several Years Comptroller of the Maritime works to Czar Peter in Russia & on his Return home was Employed by ye ...
... second Son of Sam1 Perry of Rodborough in Gloucestershire Gent & of Sarah his Wife ; Daughter of Sir Thos Nott ; Kr He was several Years Comptroller of the Maritime works to Czar Peter in Russia & on his Return home was Employed by ye ...
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afterwards bank became boats Brading breach Bridge Bridgewater Canal Brindley Brindley's Burslem called carried channel coal conduits Congleton constructed contrived Cwmsymlog Dagenham Denbigh difficulty district drain drainage drowned Duke of Bridgewater Duke's canal Earl embankment employed enable engineer England enterprise erected executed Fcap feet Fens Gilbert Grand Trunk ground haven hill History horses improved industry inhabitants inland Irwell James James Brindley King labour land length Liverpool London machinery Manchester manufacturing Marsh ment Mersey miles mill millwright mines navigation neighbourhood occasion occupied opening Parliament passed Perry port Post 8vo Potteries proceeded purpose reclaimed Riquet river river Irwell river Mersey roads Romney Marsh Royal Runcorn Second Edition shortly Sir Cornelius Vermuyden Sir Hugh Myddelton skill sluices Staffordshire stream Street supply Thames tide tion town trade tunnel Turnhurst undertaking Vermuyden Vols Wedgwood whilst Woodcuts workmen Worsley