Bridging the Years: A Short History of British Civil EngineeringE. Arnold, 1956 - 212 páginas |
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... later . William Jessop has often been styled the real connecting link between Smeaton of the first generation of Civil Engineers and John Rennie ( 1761-1821 ) and Thomas Telford ( 1757-1834 ) of the second . Jessop was the son of ...
... later . William Jessop has often been styled the real connecting link between Smeaton of the first generation of Civil Engineers and John Rennie ( 1761-1821 ) and Thomas Telford ( 1757-1834 ) of the second . Jessop was the son of ...
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... later became a resident engineer at the London Docks where he remained till 1835 , when he commenced practice on his own account as a consulting engineer . He was a man of great inventive ability and , but for his death at only 49 years ...
... later became a resident engineer at the London Docks where he remained till 1835 , when he commenced practice on his own account as a consulting engineer . He was a man of great inventive ability and , but for his death at only 49 years ...
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... later generation , was able to apply his genius to Newcomen's child , that any real advance was made . James Watt was born and educated in Greenock . His appren- ticeship to an optician showed him that he must seek greater opportunities ...
... later generation , was able to apply his genius to Newcomen's child , that any real advance was made . James Watt was born and educated in Greenock . His appren- ticeship to an optician showed him that he must seek greater opportunities ...
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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