Bridging the Years: A Short History of British Civil EngineeringE. Arnold, 1956 - 212 páginas |
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... Telford , President Unanimously it was agreed to ask Thomas Telford to patronize the Institution and to become President . Telford was then at the height of his fame and was deservedly a popular figure in West- minster with a reputation ...
... Telford , President Unanimously it was agreed to ask Thomas Telford to patronize the Institution and to become President . Telford was then at the height of his fame and was deservedly a popular figure in West- minster with a reputation ...
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... Telford's election to the Presidency did not receive a proper response from the senior members of the pro- fession at the time . In 1820 the membership of the new Institution consisted of about a dozen quite unknown young men . Telford ...
... Telford's election to the Presidency did not receive a proper response from the senior members of the pro- fession at the time . In 1820 the membership of the new Institution consisted of about a dozen quite unknown young men . Telford ...
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... Telford became the engineer at a later date . Between 1763 and 1800 over eighty different canal schemes had been authorized by Parliament and most of them completed , the last ten years of the century being the peak period of ...
... Telford became the engineer at a later date . Between 1763 and 1800 over eighty different canal schemes had been authorized by Parliament and most of them completed , the last ten years of the century being the peak period of ...
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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