Bridging the Years: A Short History of British Civil EngineeringE. Arnold, 1956 - 212 páginas |
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... experience in canal and river navigation works which earned him the appointment of Engineer ( in later days he would have been styled Consulting Engineer ) to the Ellesmere Canal , the most important enterprise of its day where in 1793 ...
... experience in canal and river navigation works which earned him the appointment of Engineer ( in later days he would have been styled Consulting Engineer ) to the Ellesmere Canal , the most important enterprise of its day where in 1793 ...
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... experience . Continuity was never a distinctive feature in contracting history . Firms in large numbers were founded and most of them in the nineteenth century lasted for comparatively short periods . A con- tractor's assets could ...
... experience . Continuity was never a distinctive feature in contracting history . Firms in large numbers were founded and most of them in the nineteenth century lasted for comparatively short periods . A con- tractor's assets could ...
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... experience , however , it became apparent that the great costs of maintaining the Bell Bunds in some places hardly justified the savings in bridge lengths which were effected . The more recent methods of river training , deduced from ...
... experience , however , it became apparent that the great costs of maintaining the Bell Bunds in some places hardly justified the savings in bridge lengths which were effected . The more recent methods of river training , deduced from ...
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
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