John Rennie, 1761-1821: The Life and Work of a Great EngineerManchester University Press, 1963 - 149 էջ |
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... contracts with the bridge company including those for the construction and erection of centres , for the supply of soft stone , of timber and of granite . The spreading out of the work meant that one contractor could easily excuse ...
... contracts with the bridge company including those for the construction and erection of centres , for the supply of soft stone , of timber and of granite . The spreading out of the work meant that one contractor could easily excuse ...
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... contracts . No survey of contracts is complete without a reference to the contractors . It has already been indicated that in general they were small men . It appears that they were often drawn from the ranks of canal staff . Thus on 14 ...
... contracts . No survey of contracts is complete without a reference to the contractors . It has already been indicated that in general they were small men . It appears that they were often drawn from the ranks of canal staff . Thus on 14 ...
Էջ 71
... contracts they did all the work themselves , earthwork , masonry and fencing , but this was exceptional . Eventually they came to grief and lost the contracts . But Rennie's career witnessed and contributed to the rise of the great ...
... contracts they did all the work themselves , earthwork , masonry and fencing , but this was exceptional . Eventually they came to grief and lost the contracts . But Rennie's career witnessed and contributed to the rise of the great ...
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