James Brindley and the early Engineers ... Abridged from “Lives of the Engineers.'. |
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... entered an apprentice Goldsmith - London in the 16th century - Myddelton as Goldsmith , Merchant Adven- turer and Cloth - maker — His marriage — Is first alderman of Denbigh -Appointed afterwards recorder and M.P. - Appointed a member ...
... entered an apprentice Goldsmith - London in the 16th century - Myddelton as Goldsmith , Merchant Adven- turer and Cloth - maker — His marriage — Is first alderman of Denbigh -Appointed afterwards recorder and M.P. - Appointed a member ...
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... enter- prise in manufactures - Promotes improved means of communication -Supports Brindley's Grand Trunk Canal - Public support - The opposition to the scheme - Timidity of promoters - Vested interests preserved Sketch of the route of ...
... enter- prise in manufactures - Promotes improved means of communication -Supports Brindley's Grand Trunk Canal - Public support - The opposition to the scheme - Timidity of promoters - Vested interests preserved Sketch of the route of ...
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... enter upon so large an undertaking ; and in his dilemma the King called to his aid one Cor- nelius Vermuyden , a Dutch engineer , a man well skilled in works of embanking and draining . The necessity for employing a foreign engineer to ...
... enter upon so large an undertaking ; and in his dilemma the King called to his aid one Cor- nelius Vermuyden , a Dutch engineer , a man well skilled in works of embanking and draining . The necessity for employing a foreign engineer to ...
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... enter- prise as the effectual drainage of so large a tract . A local jury was summoned by the King to consider the question , but they broke up , after expressing their opinion of the utter impracticability of carrying out any effective ...
... enter- prise as the effectual drainage of so large a tract . A local jury was summoned by the King to consider the question , but they broke up , after expressing their opinion of the utter impracticability of carrying out any effective ...
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... enter upon similar enterprises in other countries . On the death of James I. , his successor confirmed the preliminary arrangement which had been made with Vermuyden , with a view to the drainage of Hatfield Manor ; and on the 24th of ...
... enter upon similar enterprises in other countries . On the death of James I. , his successor confirmed the preliminary arrangement which had been made with Vermuyden , with a view to the drainage of Hatfield Manor ; and on the 24th of ...
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