A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... Cathedral and to Canterbury Cathedral , and had designed the Jamaica bridge at Glasgow . In 1770 he became engineer to the New River Company . He also reported on harbours , canals , and water - works in various parts of the country ...
... Cathedral and to Canterbury Cathedral , and had designed the Jamaica bridge at Glasgow . In 1770 he became engineer to the New River Company . He also reported on harbours , canals , and water - works in various parts of the country ...
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... Cathedral and his other buildings . He may well have been the first English architect to make a clear , functional approach to the design of a timber roof - truss . The difficulty in designing a timber framework has always been to ...
... Cathedral and his other buildings . He may well have been the first English architect to make a clear , functional approach to the design of a timber roof - truss . The difficulty in designing a timber framework has always been to ...
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... Cathedral , 454 . Chatsworth House , Derbyshire , 476 . Crystal Palace , 273 , 476 , 478 . Customs House , Liverpool , 469 . Customs House , London , 449 . Drury Lane Theatre , 272 . East India House , 272 . General Post Office , London ...
... Cathedral , 454 . Chatsworth House , Derbyshire , 476 . Crystal Palace , 273 , 476 , 478 . Customs House , Liverpool , 469 . Customs House , London , 449 . Drury Lane Theatre , 272 . East India House , 272 . General Post Office , London ...
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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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