The Quarterly Review, Volúmenes103-104John Murray, 1858 |
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... Railway over Chat Moss , 1826-30 . By John Dixon , C.E. ( MS . ) THE traveller by railway sees compara- tively little of the formidable character of the works along which he is carried . His object is merely to pass over a given space ...
... Railway over Chat Moss , 1826-30 . By John Dixon , C.E. ( MS . ) THE traveller by railway sees compara- tively little of the formidable character of the works along which he is carried . His object is merely to pass over a given space ...
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... railway engineering . Like Stephenson he was a genius ' Of mother wit , and wise without the schools . ' His scheme for carrying a navigable water- road over the Irwell upon a viaduct thirty- nine feet above the surface of the river ...
... railway engineering . Like Stephenson he was a genius ' Of mother wit , and wise without the schools . ' His scheme for carrying a navigable water- road over the Irwell upon a viaduct thirty- nine feet above the surface of the river ...
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... railway solved the difficulty . The chief object of the railway engineer was to reduce his roads as nearly as possible to a level . The Romans , formerly the great roadmakers of the world , disregarded levels ; in undu- lating countries ...
... railway solved the difficulty . The chief object of the railway engineer was to reduce his roads as nearly as possible to a level . The Romans , formerly the great roadmakers of the world , disregarded levels ; in undu- lating countries ...
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... railway - making period the navvy wandered about from one public work to another , apparently belonging to no country and having no home . He usually wore a white felt hat , the brim turned up all round - a head - dress since become ...
... railway - making period the navvy wandered about from one public work to another , apparently belonging to no country and having no home . He usually wore a white felt hat , the brim turned up all round - a head - dress since become ...
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... railway engineer , it is needless to say , must be no ordinary man . First of all , he must act as a surveyor in laying out a practicable road , exercising his judgment as a geologist in determining the lie of the strata and the ...
... railway engineer , it is needless to say , must be no ordinary man . First of all , he must act as a surveyor in laying out a practicable road , exercising his judgment as a geologist in determining the lie of the strata and the ...
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