James Brindley and the early Engineers ... Abridged from “Lives of the Engineers.'. |
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Page ix
... Importance of the Millwright's position and craft - Brindley , though neglected , successfully repairs a silk - mill - His excellent work-- Brindley suc- cessfully erects machinery for a paper - mill - Takes charge of his Master's ...
... Importance of the Millwright's position and craft - Brindley , though neglected , successfully repairs a silk - mill - His excellent work-- Brindley suc- cessfully erects machinery for a paper - mill - Takes charge of his Master's ...
Page xi
... Importance of com- munication between Manchester and Liverpool - Growth of Liverpool -Decay of Chester - Liverpool coaches , 1726 to 1750 - The Duke's project of a Manchester and Liverpool Canal - Brindley's survey- Extract from diary ...
... Importance of com- munication between Manchester and Liverpool - Growth of Liverpool -Decay of Chester - Liverpool coaches , 1726 to 1750 - The Duke's project of a Manchester and Liverpool Canal - Brindley's survey- Extract from diary ...
Page xii
... , its great extent and importance - Brindley's survey of the Thames - Consulted as to drainage in Lincolnshire - His pupils - Wide range of Brindley's employments and engineering skill — His private life— His strange xii CONTENTS .
... , its great extent and importance - Brindley's survey of the Thames - Consulted as to drainage in Lincolnshire - His pupils - Wide range of Brindley's employments and engineering skill — His private life— His strange xii CONTENTS .
Page xiii
... importance as uniting the Atlantic with the Mediterranean Riquet de Bonrepos , its constructor , originally a common exciseman , not an engineer - His amateur surveys in the district Miniature Canal works Lays his plans of the Canal ...
... importance as uniting the Atlantic with the Mediterranean Riquet de Bonrepos , its constructor , originally a common exciseman , not an engineer - His amateur surveys in the district Miniature Canal works Lays his plans of the Canal ...
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... important sea- ports , stranded upon the beach far inland . Thus the ancient Roman port at Lymne , past which the Limen or Rother is supposed originally to have flowed , is left high and dry more than three miles from the sea , and ...
... important sea- ports , stranded upon the beach far inland . Thus the ancient Roman port at Lymne , past which the Limen or Rother is supposed originally to have flowed , is left high and dry more than three miles from the sea , and ...
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