James Brindley and the early Engineers ... Abridged from “Lives of the Engineers.'. |
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... common exciseman , not an engineer - His amateur surveys in the district Miniature Canal works Lays his plans of the Canal before Colbert and Lewis XIV . - A Royal Commission appointed , and report favourably as to Riquet's design- A ...
... common exciseman , not an engineer - His amateur surveys in the district Miniature Canal works Lays his plans of the Canal before Colbert and Lewis XIV . - A Royal Commission appointed , and report favourably as to Riquet's design- A ...
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... hassocks . " The wet character of the soil at Ely may be inferred from the circumstance that the chief crop grown in the neigh- bourhood was willows ; and it was a common saying 14 CAMDEN AND DUGDALE ON THE FENS . CHAP . I.
... hassocks . " The wet character of the soil at Ely may be inferred from the circumstance that the chief crop grown in the neigh- bourhood was willows ; and it was a common saying 14 CAMDEN AND DUGDALE ON THE FENS . CHAP . I.
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Samuel Smiles. bourhood was willows ; and it was a common saying there , that " the profit of willows will buy the owner a horse before that by any other crop he can pay for his saddle . " There was so much water constantly lying above ...
Samuel Smiles. bourhood was willows ; and it was a common saying there , that " the profit of willows will buy the owner a horse before that by any other crop he can pay for his saddle . " There was so much water constantly lying above ...
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... common . Among the settlers in the level of Hatfield was Mathew de la Pryme , who emigrated from Ypres in Flanders during the persecutions of the Duke of Alva . The Prymes of Cambridge are lineally descended from him . Tablets to ...
... common . Among the settlers in the level of Hatfield was Mathew de la Pryme , who emigrated from Ypres in Flanders during the persecutions of the Duke of Alva . The Prymes of Cambridge are lineally descended from him . Tablets to ...
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... Common Hatfeild Finningu Mefen Wood Mooref Lindom Blackwater Crowle Mannor Cronie arro Common in Lincolnshire Althorpe Iflo of Boberwike Axholme Epwoth Burnham Faxey Common clen Wakenham Common Gringli Stockwi Trent Map of the Level of ...
... Common Hatfeild Finningu Mefen Wood Mooref Lindom Blackwater Crowle Mannor Cronie arro Common in Lincolnshire Althorpe Iflo of Boberwike Axholme Epwoth Burnham Faxey Common clen Wakenham Common Gringli Stockwi Trent Map of the Level of ...
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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