The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1840 |
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Page 247
... Canals . Other Self- taught Practical Mechanicians : -Rannequin ; Za- baglia ; Ferracino ; Harrison . JAMES BRINDLEY , the celebrated engineer , was en- tirely self - taught , in even the rudiments of mechanical science , although ...
... Canals . Other Self- taught Practical Mechanicians : -Rannequin ; Za- baglia ; Ferracino ; Harrison . JAMES BRINDLEY , the celebrated engineer , was en- tirely self - taught , in even the rudiments of mechanical science , although ...
Page 251
... canal across the isthmus of Corinth ; and that the latter peo- ple actually cut one , in Britain , from the neighborhood of Peterborough to that of Lincoln , some traces of which are still discernible . Canal navigation is also of ...
... canal across the isthmus of Corinth ; and that the latter peo- ple actually cut one , in Britain , from the neighborhood of Peterborough to that of Lincoln , some traces of which are still discernible . Canal navigation is also of ...
Page 252
... canal navigation . The subject , however , had not been altogether unthought of . As early as the reign of Charles II . , a scheme was in agitation , for cutting a canal ( which has since been made ) between the Forth and the Clyde , in ...
... canal navigation . The subject , however , had not been altogether unthought of . As early as the reign of Charles II . , a scheme was in agitation , for cutting a canal ( which has since been made ) between the Forth and the Clyde , in ...
Page 253
... canal navi- gation , between the central English counties , and either the metropolis or the eastern coast . The first modern canal , actually executed in England , was not begun , till the year 1755. It was the result of a sudden ...
... canal navi- gation , between the central English counties , and either the metropolis or the eastern coast . The first modern canal , actually executed in England , was not begun , till the year 1755. It was the result of a sudden ...
Page 254
... canal would have to be carried , and to make his report upon the practicability of the scheme . New as he was in this species of engineering , Brindley , confident in his own powers , at once undertook to make the desired ex- amination ...
... canal would have to be carried , and to make his report upon the practicability of the scheme . New as he was in this species of engineering , Brindley , confident in his own powers , at once undertook to make the desired ex- amination ...
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