Bridging the Years: A Short History of British Civil EngineeringE. Arnold, 1956 - 212 páginas |
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... built by Abraham Darby ( 1750-91 ) , the third of his name , to the designs of F. T. Pritchard , across the River Severn near Coalbrookdale in Shrop- shire . This was an arch of 100 - feet span which was quite naturally viewed as one of ...
... built by Abraham Darby ( 1750-91 ) , the third of his name , to the designs of F. T. Pritchard , across the River Severn near Coalbrookdale in Shrop- shire . This was an arch of 100 - feet span which was quite naturally viewed as one of ...
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... built a pier head in 17 feet at low water with it and with the aid of divers , the improved design of whose helmets and dresses were also credited to his fertile ingenuity . Rennie's fame throughout this period as a marine engineer was ...
... built a pier head in 17 feet at low water with it and with the aid of divers , the improved design of whose helmets and dresses were also credited to his fertile ingenuity . Rennie's fame throughout this period as a marine engineer was ...
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... built . Examples of the wall type of breakwater were those at Dover , Karachee and Colombo . At Dover there was no stone in the locality suitable for mound tipping . In a maximum depth at highest tide of 67 feet 9 inches a wall , 47 ...
... built . Examples of the wall type of breakwater were those at Dover , Karachee and Colombo . At Dover there was no stone in the locality suitable for mound tipping . In a maximum depth at highest tide of 67 feet 9 inches a wall , 47 ...
Contenido
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
Contracting in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Cen | 89 |
Some Notable British Civil Engineering Works I 1825 | 106 |
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