A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... road - building , the fourth and final factor in the revival of road - building - was found in France . There the first organized system of trenched roads was initiated about 1720 . In France there was a complete absence of any ...
... road - building , the fourth and final factor in the revival of road - building - was found in France . There the first organized system of trenched roads was initiated about 1720 . In France there was a complete absence of any ...
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... road 23 trusts operated . Only half of the money collected was spent on the roads , and the debts of the trusts accumulated . By the nineteenth century taxation had killed voluntary effort at road - building . In 1829 the trusts ...
... road 23 trusts operated . Only half of the money collected was spent on the roads , and the debts of the trusts accumulated . By the nineteenth century taxation had killed voluntary effort at road - building . In 1829 the trusts ...
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... roads in Scotland ( figure 299 ) . He was very careful in selecting the small stones for the top strata , and differed from Trésaguet in making the road - bed level and in forming the crown of the road ( with a fall of 1:60 ) with the ...
... roads in Scotland ( figure 299 ) . He was very careful in selecting the small stones for the top strata , and differed from Trésaguet in making the road - bed level and in forming the crown of the road ( with a fall of 1:60 ) with the ...
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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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