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... MASTER WHEELWRIGHT AND MILLWRIGHT . Various nature of Brindley's employment - His ingenuity gets him the name of " The Schemer " - His memoranda books - His employment - by Earl Gower at Trentham — Flint introduced in CONTENTS . ix.
... MASTER WHEELWRIGHT AND MILLWRIGHT . Various nature of Brindley's employment - His ingenuity gets him the name of " The Schemer " - His memoranda books - His employment - by Earl Gower at Trentham — Flint introduced in CONTENTS . ix.
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... various points near the old coast - line . On the inland side of the Fens the Romans are supposed to have constructed another great work of drainage , still known as Carr Dyke , extending from the Nene to the Witham . It means Fen Dyke ...
... various points near the old coast - line . On the inland side of the Fens the Romans are supposed to have constructed another great work of drainage , still known as Carr Dyke , extending from the Nene to the Witham . It means Fen Dyke ...
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... Various attempts had been made to diminish the flooding of the lands . In the fourteenth century several deep trenches were dug , to let off the water , but they probably admitted as much as they allowed to escape , and the drowning con ...
... Various attempts had been made to diminish the flooding of the lands . In the fourteenth century several deep trenches were dug , to let off the water , but they probably admitted as much as they allowed to escape , and the drowning con ...
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... various ordi- nances of religion were performed , and the public service was read alternately in the Dutch and French languages . - The Rev. Joseph Hun- ter's History and Topography of the Deanery of Doncaster , ' 1828 , vol . i . 165-6 ...
... various ordi- nances of religion were performed , and the public service was read alternately in the Dutch and French languages . - The Rev. Joseph Hun- ter's History and Topography of the Deanery of Doncaster , ' 1828 , vol . i . 165-6 ...
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... various cuts and drains executed in the F'en J. B. | country from about the middle of the sixteenth century down to about the year 1830 . + A clow is a sluice regulated by being lifted or dropped perpendicu- larly , like a portcullis ...
... various cuts and drains executed in the F'en J. B. | country from about the middle of the sixteenth century down to about the year 1830 . + A clow is a sluice regulated by being lifted or dropped perpendicu- larly , like a portcullis ...
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