John Rennie, 1761-1821: The Life and Work of a Great EngineerManchester University Press, 1963 - 149 էջ |
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... never to make steam engines . The young engineer refused to be bound by a written agreement . In fact there must have been a verbal agreement , for Rennie throughout his career never actually constructed a steam engine even when his own ...
... never to make steam engines . The young engineer refused to be bound by a written agreement . In fact there must have been a verbal agreement , for Rennie throughout his career never actually constructed a steam engine even when his own ...
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... never existed . Neither has the branch to Wanless , for that Todmorden to Burnley connection was never made in consequence of the opposition of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal Company . Nevertheless the engineering works were just as great ...
... never existed . Neither has the branch to Wanless , for that Todmorden to Burnley connection was never made in consequence of the opposition of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal Company . Nevertheless the engineering works were just as great ...
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... never built , and the cast - iron road bridge at Boston , built in 1800 , seems to have been his first executed work in this material . His most ambitious scheme was a plan to bridge the Menai Straits with a cast - iron bridge of 450 ft ...
... never built , and the cast - iron road bridge at Boston , built in 1800 , seems to have been his first executed work in this material . His most ambitious scheme was a plan to bridge the Menai Straits with a cast - iron bridge of 450 ft ...
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