A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... built within coffer - dams . Rennie distrusted the caisson : he preferred to see Pot did A B the bottom upon which his work would rest . He built harbours , canals , and a variety of buildings , and simultaneously with Thomas Telford ...
... built within coffer - dams . Rennie distrusted the caisson : he preferred to see Pot did A B the bottom upon which his work would rest . He built harbours , canals , and a variety of buildings , and simultaneously with Thomas Telford ...
Page 498
... built in masonry and was 118 ft high . Some masonry dams for irrigation reservoirs were built in Spain in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries . An example is the old Puentes dam , constructed in 1785-91 across the river Guadalentin ...
... built in masonry and was 118 ft high . Some masonry dams for irrigation reservoirs were built in Spain in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries . An example is the old Puentes dam , constructed in 1785-91 across the river Guadalentin ...
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... built on the Clyde at Greenock were the Ariel and Sir Lancelot , both launched in 1865 and built to the same lines . Their length was 197 ft and their beam 33 ft 9 in . The lower masts of the Ariel were of iron . They were extreme ...
... built on the Clyde at Greenock were the Ariel and Sir Lancelot , both launched in 1865 and built to the same lines . Their length was 197 ft and their beam 33 ft 9 in . The lower masts of the Ariel were of iron . They were extreme ...
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GLASS by L M ANGUSBUTTERWORTH Director The Newton Heath Glass | 12 |
TELEGRAPHY by G R M GARRATT Deputy Keeper Department of Electrical | 22 |
FISH PRESERVATION by C L CUTTING Officer in Charge Humber | 44 |
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