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... Science of ; for the Use of Engineers and others . By Sir MACDONALD STEPHENSON , C.E. New Edi- tion , revised and enlarged by EDWARD NUGENT , C.E. Plates and Diagrams . 3s . RAILWAYS : their Capital and Dividends . With Sta- tistics of ...
... Science of ; for the Use of Engineers and others . By Sir MACDONALD STEPHENSON , C.E. New Edi- tion , revised and enlarged by EDWARD NUGENT , C.E. Plates and Diagrams . 3s . RAILWAYS : their Capital and Dividends . With Sta- tistics of ...
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... large iron arches , capable of admitting navigation beneath them . In the year 1787 , Thomas Paine , the political writer , pre- sented to the Academy of Sciences at Paris a model of an B iron bridge which he had invented ; and during the.
... large iron arches , capable of admitting navigation beneath them . In the year 1787 , Thomas Paine , the political writer , pre- sented to the Academy of Sciences at Paris a model of an B iron bridge which he had invented ; and during the.
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... Science , held at Birmingham in September last , Mr. Stephenson , at the request of the members of the Mechanical Section , explained the nature of the accident , and the precautionary measures he had fortunately , adopted , and from ...
... Science , held at Birmingham in September last , Mr. Stephenson , at the request of the members of the Mechanical Section , explained the nature of the accident , and the precautionary measures he had fortunately , adopted , and from ...
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... Science , Art , and Education , are re- commended to the notice of Engineers , Architects , Builders , Artisans , and Students generally , as well as to those interested in Workmen's Libraries , Free Libraries Literary and Scientific ...
... Science , Art , and Education , are re- commended to the notice of Engineers , Architects , Builders , Artisans , and Students generally , as well as to those interested in Workmen's Libraries , Free Libraries Literary and Scientific ...
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... Science of Sound applied to the purposes of the Architect and Builder . By T. ROGER SMITH , M.K.I.B.A. , Architect . Illustrated . Is . 6d . 124. CONSTRUCTION OF ROOFS , Treatise on the , as regards Carpentry and Joinery . Deduced from ...
... Science of Sound applied to the purposes of the Architect and Builder . By T. ROGER SMITH , M.K.I.B.A. , Architect . Illustrated . Is . 6d . 124. CONSTRUCTION OF ROOFS , Treatise on the , as regards Carpentry and Joinery . Deduced from ...
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