James Brindley and the early Engineers ... Abridged from “Lives of the Engineers.'. |
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... execute reclama- tion works at Gwydir - Letter to Sir John Wynn Sir Hugh's death - His will - His character - 83-102 CHAPTER V. CAPTAIN PERRY STOPPAGE OF DAGENHAM BREACH . Breaches in the Thames embankments between London and Greenwich ...
... execute reclama- tion works at Gwydir - Letter to Sir John Wynn Sir Hugh's death - His will - His character - 83-102 CHAPTER V. CAPTAIN PERRY STOPPAGE OF DAGENHAM BREACH . Breaches in the Thames embankments between London and Greenwich ...
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... Execution of the Canal - The Barton Aqueduct pro- nounced " a castle in the air " - Description of the Aqueduct and other works - Trafford Moss Subterraneous Canal at Worsley- Brindley's mechanical and other contrivances — The range and ...
... Execution of the Canal - The Barton Aqueduct pro- nounced " a castle in the air " - Description of the Aqueduct and other works - Trafford Moss Subterraneous Canal at Worsley- Brindley's mechanical and other contrivances — The range and ...
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... executed them are entitled to be regarded in a great measure as the founders of modern England . Engineering , like architecture , strikingly marks the several stages which have occurred in the development of society , and throws much ...
... executed them are entitled to be regarded in a great measure as the founders of modern England . Engineering , like architecture , strikingly marks the several stages which have occurred in the development of society , and throws much ...
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... execution of the Great Level drainage , but the works were principally executed by Flemish workmen . Many other foreign " adventurers ' as they were called , besides Vermuyden , carried out extensive works of reclamation and embankment ...
... execution of the Great Level drainage , but the works were principally executed by Flemish workmen . Many other foreign " adventurers ' as they were called , besides Vermuyden , carried out extensive works of reclamation and embankment ...
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... execution of the drainage works conferred upon the labouring population ; for whereas , before the reclama- tion , the country round about had been " full of wandering * R. Ansbie writes the Duke of Buckingham from Tickill Castle ...
... execution of the drainage works conferred upon the labouring population ; for whereas , before the reclama- tion , the country round about had been " full of wandering * R. Ansbie writes the Duke of Buckingham from Tickill Castle ...
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