John Rennie, 1761-1821: The Life and Work of a Great EngineerManchester University Press, 1963 - 149 էջ |
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... Side by side with this he was a pioneer in cast - iron work , and although here he was tracing out a path which has since been found to lead into a blind alley , yet it would be unfair to dis- regard his work in this material ...
... Side by side with this he was a pioneer in cast - iron work , and although here he was tracing out a path which has since been found to lead into a blind alley , yet it would be unfair to dis- regard his work in this material ...
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... Side by side with his familiarity with the great and his ease in their presence , he could identify himself with the working man , not by any condescending talk or patronising manner , but simply by becoming one of them . The tale of ...
... Side by side with his familiarity with the great and his ease in their presence , he could identify himself with the working man , not by any condescending talk or patronising manner , but simply by becoming one of them . The tale of ...
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... side by side with his practical habits of observation the young engineer was reading the treatises of Belidor , Parent , and Lambert ; Emmerson's Fluxions and Mechanics , Switzer's Hydraulics , Smeaton's Experimental Enquiry , and ...
... side by side with his practical habits of observation the young engineer was reading the treatises of Belidor , Parent , and Lambert ; Emmerson's Fluxions and Mechanics , Switzer's Hydraulics , Smeaton's Experimental Enquiry , and ...
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