Lives of the Engineers, with an Account of Their Principal Works: Comprising Also a History of Inland Communication in Britain, Volumen1J. Murray, 1861 |
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... execute our first great works of drainage . The Great Level of the Fens was drained by Vermuyden ; and another Dutchman , Freestone , was employed to reclaim the marsh near Wells , in Norfolk . Canvey Island , near the mouth of the ...
... execute our first great works of drainage . The Great Level of the Fens was drained by Vermuyden ; and another Dutchman , Freestone , was employed to reclaim the marsh near Wells , in Norfolk . Canvey Island , near the mouth of the ...
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... executed by Mr. James Cooper , whose accuracy and carefulness in superintending the illustrative department of the work , the author takes this opportunity of acknowledging . London , October , 1861 . CONTENTS OF VOL . I. PART I ...
... executed by Mr. James Cooper , whose accuracy and carefulness in superintending the illustrative department of the work , the author takes this opportunity of acknowledging . London , October , 1861 . CONTENTS OF VOL . I. PART I ...
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... executed Opposition of the inhabitants Failure of the works — Oliver Cromwell heads the oppo- sition to the Fen drainers - Riots in Lincolnshire , and embankments and drains destroyed - Vermuyden recommences the works- Their execution ...
... executed Opposition of the inhabitants Failure of the works — Oliver Cromwell heads the oppo- sition to the Fen drainers - Riots in Lincolnshire , and embankments and drains destroyed - Vermuyden recommences the works- Their execution ...
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... , for the purpose of executing the neces- sary repairs . As long ago as the reign of Henry III . , or more than six hundred years since , when complaint was made to him by the twenty - four " 10 PART I. ROMNEY MARSH AND.
... , for the purpose of executing the neces- sary repairs . As long ago as the reign of Henry III . , or more than six hundred years since , when complaint was made to him by the twenty - four " 10 PART I. ROMNEY MARSH AND.
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... execute warrants of distress upon the defaulters , and thus support the jurats in the exercise of their cus- toms and liberties for the defence of themselves and others against the sea , and that no peril might by their neglect in so ...
... execute warrants of distress upon the defaulters , and thus support the jurats in the exercise of their cus- toms and liberties for the defence of themselves and others against the sea , and that no peril might by their neglect in so ...
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Lives of the Engineers: With an Account of Their Principal Works ... Samuel Smiles Vista completa - 1862 |
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afterwards amongst ancient arches bank became boats breach bridge Bridgewater Canal Brindley Brindley's Burslem called carried century Cheshire coach coal Company Congleton considerable constructed contrived Dartmoor Denbigh difficulty district drain drainage Duke of Bridgewater Duke's canal Earl early embankment employed enable engineer England English enterprise erected executed feet Fens Grand Trunk ground Guyhirne harbour horses improved inhabitants inland Irwell James James Brindley John Josiah Wedgwood journey King Knaresborough labour Lancashire land length Lincolnshire Liverpool London London Bridge Lord Manchester manufacturing Marsh Mersey Metcalf miles mill navigation neighbourhood numerous opened pack-horses Parliament passed piers port principal proposed purpose reclaimed river river Mersey roads Romney Marsh royal Runcorn says ships shortly side Sir Cornelius Vermuyden Sir Hugh Myddelton sluice Staffordshire stone Street supply Thames tide tion town trade travelling tunnel Turnhurst undertaking Vermuyden waggons whilst Worsley
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Página 201 - Of all the cursed roads that ever disgraced this kingdom in the very ages of barbarism, none ever equalled that from Billericay to the King's Head at Tilbury.
Página 203 - The only mending it receives is tumbling some loose stones, which serve no other purpose than jolting a carriage in the most intolerable manner. These are not merely opinions, but facts ; for I actually passed three carts, broken down, in those eighteen miles of execrable memory.
Página 342 - It is the prettiest match in the world since yours, and everybody likes it but the Duke of Bridgewater and Lord Coventry. What an extraordinary fate is attached to those two women ! Who could have believed that a Gunning would unite the two great houses of Campbell and Hamilton ? For my part, I expect to see my Lady Coventry Queen of Prussia. I would not venture to marry either of them these thirty years, for fear of being shuffled out of the world prematurely, to make room for the rest of their...
Página 97 - Here die I, Richard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet mind, for that I have ended my life as a true soldier ought to do, that hath fought for his country, queen, religion, and honour...
Página 202 - I know not in the whole range of language, terms sufficiently expressive to describe this infernal road; let me most seriously caution all travellers, who may accidentally purpose to travel this terrible country to avoid it as they would the devil: for a thousand to one but they break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breakings down.
Página 172 - For, what advantage is it to men's health, to be called out of their beds into these coaches an hour before day in the morning, to be hurried in them from place to place, till one hour, two, or three within night; insomuch that, after sitting all day in the...
Página 171 - ... become weary and listless when they ride a few miles, and unwilling to get on horseback; not able to endure frost, snow, or rain, or to lodge in the fields.
Página 174 - Whitchureh, twenty miles; the second day, to the Welsh Harp ; the third, to Coventry ; the fourth, to Northampton ; the fifth, to Dunstable ; and, as a wondrous effort, on the last, to London before the commencement of night. The strain and labor of six good horses, sometimes eight, drew us through the sloughs of Mireden, and many other places.
Página 201 - The trees everywhere overgrow the road, so that it is totally impervious to the sun except at a few places. And to add to all the infamous circumstances which concur to plague a traveller, I must not forget the eternally meeting with chalk waggons, themselves frequently stuck fast till a collection of them are in the same situation, and twenty or thirty horses may be tacked to each to draw them out one by one.