James Brindley and the early Engineers ... Abridged from “Lives of the Engineers.'. |
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... practical knowledge on the part of the adventurers , nor after any well - devised plan . There were loud calls for some skilled undertaker or engineer ( though the latter word was not then in use ) to stay the mischief , reclaim the ...
... practical knowledge on the part of the adventurers , nor after any well - devised plan . There were loud calls for some skilled undertaker or engineer ( though the latter word was not then in use ) to stay the mischief , reclaim the ...
Page 67
... practical man , borne forward by resolute will and purpose , can do . “ The dauntless Welshman , " says Pennant , " stept forth and smote the rock , and the waters flowed into the thirsting metro- polis . " Myddelton's success in life ...
... practical man , borne forward by resolute will and purpose , can do . “ The dauntless Welshman , " says Pennant , " stept forth and smote the rock , and the waters flowed into the thirsting metro- polis . " Myddelton's success in life ...
Page 112
... by the sluices , and never re - admitted . ” * * Description of Perry's work by S. Downing , C.E. , in Practical Mechanics ' Journal , May , 1864 . Scarcely had Perry begun the work , and proceeded so 112 CHAP . V. CAPTAIN PERRY .
... by the sluices , and never re - admitted . ” * * Description of Perry's work by S. Downing , C.E. , in Practical Mechanics ' Journal , May , 1864 . Scarcely had Perry begun the work , and proceeded so 112 CHAP . V. CAPTAIN PERRY .
Page 132
... practical information on matters relating to his trade . Bennett's shop would have been a bad school for an ordinary youth , but it proved a profitable one for Brindley , who was anxious to learn , and determined to make a way for ...
... practical information on matters relating to his trade . Bennett's shop would have been a bad school for an ordinary youth , but it proved a profitable one for Brindley , who was anxious to learn , and determined to make a way for ...
Page 135
... practical information he brought with him proved almost a blank . Nevertheless , Bennett could not let slip the oppor- tunity of undertaking so lucrative a piece of employment in his special line , and , ill - informed though he was ...
... practical information he brought with him proved almost a blank . Nevertheless , Bennett could not let slip the oppor- tunity of undertaking so lucrative a piece of employment in his special line , and , ill - informed though he was ...
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