The Quarterly Review, 73. köideJohn Murray, 1843 |
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Page 301
... Brindley's project of the Barton Aqueduct of its supposed impracticability . If Brindley , however , was acquainted with the existence of such works at this period , he was assuredly so ignorant of their details as to be utterly ...
... Brindley's project of the Barton Aqueduct of its supposed impracticability . If Brindley , however , was acquainted with the existence of such works at this period , he was assuredly so ignorant of their details as to be utterly ...
Page 313
... Brindley was wholly without education , and it has even been asserted that he was unable to read and write , the utmost extent of his capacity in the latter accomplishment extending no further than that of signing his name . This ...
... Brindley was wholly without education , and it has even been asserted that he was unable to read and write , the utmost extent of his capacity in the latter accomplishment extending no further than that of signing his name . This ...
Page 314
... Brindley , that of a bridge over the Irish Channel between Portpatrick and Donaghadee , Mr. Hughes remarks : - We know nothing , ex- cept that it was said to have been a very favourite scheme of Brindley's , and was to have been ...
... Brindley , that of a bridge over the Irish Channel between Portpatrick and Donaghadee , Mr. Hughes remarks : - We know nothing , ex- cept that it was said to have been a very favourite scheme of Brindley's , and was to have been ...
Contents
Vaudois 1842 | 3 |
A Memoir of the Life and Writings of the late William | 27 |
Narrative of the Discoveries on the North Coast of Ame | 113 |
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