Bridging the Years: A Short History of British Civil EngineeringE. Arnold, 1956 - 212 páginas |
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... George Stephenson , at a salary of £ 1,000 a year , to be their sole engineer . It was a great compliment , but well deserved and in the end a fortunate decision . The actual construction of the railway was of tremendous interest to the ...
... George Stephenson , at a salary of £ 1,000 a year , to be their sole engineer . It was a great compliment , but well deserved and in the end a fortunate decision . The actual construction of the railway was of tremendous interest to the ...
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... George . He was reared on railways — as a child he had played in the colliery wagon yards , as a youth helped on the Stockton and Darlington surveys — and his father had seen to it that he had a good education with a polishing at ...
... George . He was reared on railways — as a child he had played in the colliery wagon yards , as a youth helped on the Stockton and Darlington surveys — and his father had seen to it that he had a good education with a polishing at ...
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... George Dolland . 1821 Charles Stokes . S. Instrument Maker . S. 1822 George Rennie . 1822 Capt . W. N. Forbes . S.C. Eldest son of ' The ' Rennie . C. Bengal Engineers . Consulted 1823 John Rennie . X. 1823 Peter Barlow . S.C. C. 1825 ...
... George Dolland . 1821 Charles Stokes . S. Instrument Maker . S. 1822 George Rennie . 1822 Capt . W. N. Forbes . S.C. Eldest son of ' The ' Rennie . C. Bengal Engineers . Consulted 1823 John Rennie . X. 1823 Peter Barlow . S.C. C. 1825 ...
Contenido
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
Contracting in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Cen | 89 |
Some Notable British Civil Engineering Works I 1825 | 106 |
Otras 35 secciones no mostradas
Términos y frases comunes
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