A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
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... roads . The Montgenèvre - Mont Cenis road was taken in hand by the end of 1797 , 1 Dutch klinker , klinckaerd , a hard type of brick . 5363.4 I M m and was reconstructed between 1803 and 1810. The Simplon road ROAD - BUILDING , 1775-1830 ...
... roads . The Montgenèvre - Mont Cenis road was taken in hand by the end of 1797 , 1 Dutch klinker , klinckaerd , a hard type of brick . 5363.4 I M m and was reconstructed between 1803 and 1810. The Simplon road ROAD - BUILDING , 1775-1830 ...
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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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... road should cover not only the middle strip of the road but its full width , and the road - metal should be applied to an even depth over this full width . Proper drainage should be effected by digging ditches 5 ft deep and 2 ft wide ...
... road should cover not only the middle strip of the road but its full width , and the road - metal should be applied to an even depth over this full width . Proper drainage should be effected by digging ditches 5 ft deep and 2 ft wide ...
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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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