Lives of the Engineers, with an Account of Their Principal Works: Comprising Also a History of Inland Communication in Britain, Том 2J. Murray, 1861 |
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... practice in bridge - building ― - - Early designs of bridges - Designs Kelso Bridge - Musselburgh Bridge- Projected cast - iron bridge over the Menai Straits- - Boston Bridge - Rennie's various designs of bridges - Waterloo Bridge - Its ...
... practice in bridge - building ― - - Early designs of bridges - Designs Kelso Bridge - Musselburgh Bridge- Projected cast - iron bridge over the Menai Straits- - Boston Bridge - Rennie's various designs of bridges - Waterloo Bridge - Its ...
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... practice then generally applied to carpentry , though scarcely as yet known in masonry . Still more suitable for his purpose was the method which he had observed adopted in fixing the kerbs along the London footpaths , by which the long ...
... practice then generally applied to carpentry , though scarcely as yet known in masonry . Still more suitable for his purpose was the method which he had observed adopted in fixing the kerbs along the London footpaths , by which the long ...
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... practice of handling mechanical tools themselves , but are under the necessity of applying to the manual | operations of others , will undoubtedly conclude that I would have saved much time by employing the hands of others in this ...
... practice of handling mechanical tools themselves , but are under the necessity of applying to the manual | operations of others , will undoubtedly conclude that I would have saved much time by employing the hands of others in this ...
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... practice , and engaged in some of the most difficult enterprises , not one of Smeaton's works has failed ! Hexham Bridge is a melancholy instance to the contrary . " Thus the same engineer who had founded a lighthouse far out at sea ...
... practice , and engaged in some of the most difficult enterprises , not one of Smeaton's works has failed ! Hexham Bridge is a melancholy instance to the contrary . " Thus the same engineer who had founded a lighthouse far out at sea ...
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... practice of his profession ; but he was no worshipper of money . Though he had an insatiable appetite for work , and was occupied in useful pursuits from youth to old age , his pecuniary wants were most moderate . Those were not the ...
... practice of his profession ; but he was no worshipper of money . Though he had an insatiable appetite for work , and was occupied in useful pursuits from youth to old age , his pecuniary wants were most moderate . Those were not the ...
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Страница 132 - There be many smiths in the town that use to make knives and all manner of cutting tools and many lorimers that make bits, and a great many nailers. So that a great part of the town is maintained by smiths. The smiths there have iron out of Staffordshire and Warwickshire and sea coal out of Staffordshire.
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