Sir William Arrol: A MemoirW. Blackwood, 1913 - 150 Seiten |
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... royal burgh where still is to be seen the " Old Hawes Inn " of the novel , he will go along the pier and look up at the bridge above him . Here the sight can only be described as tremen- dous , in the literal sense of that term . must ...
... royal burgh where still is to be seen the " Old Hawes Inn " of the novel , he will go along the pier and look up at the bridge above him . Here the sight can only be described as tremen- dous , in the literal sense of that term . must ...
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... Royal Academy that Sir John Fowler met James Nasmyth , the subject of Smiles's famous biography in his ' Lives of the Engineers . ' " Fowler , " said he , “ you are on the right lines with that bridge at the Forth , " and spreading out ...
... Royal Academy that Sir John Fowler met James Nasmyth , the subject of Smiles's famous biography in his ' Lives of the Engineers . ' " Fowler , " said he , “ you are on the right lines with that bridge at the Forth , " and spreading out ...
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... Royal train over the bridge . There was little or no decora- tion . Anything in that way would have seemed too insignificant . As ' The Times ' put it : " Fortunately no attempt was made to decorate the bridge itself with flimsy ...
... Royal train over the bridge . There was little or no decora- tion . Anything in that way would have seemed too insignificant . As ' The Times ' put it : " Fortunately no attempt was made to decorate the bridge itself with flimsy ...
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A Memoir Robert Purvis. His Royal Highness announced , among other honours , that Her Majesty Queen Victoria had conferred that of knighthood on our hero , thenceforth Sir William Arrol , and it may be truly said that throughout the ...
A Memoir Robert Purvis. His Royal Highness announced , among other honours , that Her Majesty Queen Victoria had conferred that of knighthood on our hero , thenceforth Sir William Arrol , and it may be truly said that throughout the ...
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... Royal and Venerable widow , such steps only should be taken as would prevent the bridge from falling into the river . Arrol complied , and adopted means by which the structure was to keep on its legs . Eight years passed ENGINEERING ...
... Royal and Venerable widow , such steps only should be taken as would prevent the bridge from falling into the river . Arrol complied , and adopted means by which the structure was to keep on its legs . Eight years passed ENGINEERING ...
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