 ... is superior in point of line and smoothness, to any part of the road of equal continuous length between London and Inverness. This is a remarkable fact, which, from the great difficulties he had to overcome in passing through a rugged, hilly, and...  The Metropolitan - Page 701834Full view - About this book
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1834 - 478 pages
...overcome in passing through a rugged, hilly, and mountainous district, incontrovertibly establishes his great skill in the engineering department, as...of his country, than his sterling worth in private liie. His easiness of access, and the playfulness of his disposition, even to the close of life, endear... | |
 | English literature - 1834 - 590 pages
...overcome in passing through a rugged, hilly, and mountainous district, incontrovertibly establishes his great skill in the engineering department, as...in the construction of great public communications. Married.']— At the British Embassy, Paris, and afterwards according to the Rites of the Roman Catholic... | |
 | Books - 1835 - 618 pages
...overcome in passing through a rugged, hilly, and mountainous district, incontrovertibly establishes his great skill in the engineering department, as...in the construction of great public communications. " Mr. Telford was not more remarkable for his great professional abilities than for his sterling worth... | |
 | Great Britain - 1835 - 592 pages
...passing through a rugged, hilly, and mountainous district, incontrovertibly establishes his extraordinary skill in the engineering department, as well as in the construction of great public communications. The Caledonian Canal, begun in 1804. Locks, each 180 feet long, 40 wide, depth of water, 20 feet. One... | |
 | Great Britain - 1835 - 544 pages
...passing through a rugged, hilly, and mountainous district, incontrovertibly establishes his extraordinary skill in the engineering department, as well as in the construction of great public communications. The Caledonian Canal, begun in 1804. Locks, each 180 feet long, 40 wide, depth of water, 20 feet. One... | |
 | Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1836 - 436 pages
...overcome in passing through a rugged, hillv, and mountainous district, incontrovertibly establishes his great skill in the engineering department, as...in the construction of great public communications. The genius of this distinguished engineer, as has been stated, was not confined to his profession.... | |
 | Exemplary and instructive biography - Biography - 1836 - 348 pages
...overcome in passing through a rugged, hilly, and mountainous district, incontrovertibly establishes his great skill in the engineering department, as...in the construction of great public communications. The genius of this distinguished engineer, as has been stated, was not contined to his profession.... | |
 | Henry Howe - Industrial arts - 1840 - 492 pages
...To latest days." Mr. Telford was not more remarkable for his great professional abilities, than for his sterling worth in private life. His easiness of...playfulness of his disposition, even to the close of life, endeared him to a numerous circle of friends, including all the most distinguished men of his time.... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1852 - 594 pages
...overcome in passing through a rugged, hilly, and mountainous district, incontrovertibly establishes his great skill in the engineering department, as...in the construction of great public communications. The genius of this distinguished engineer, as has been stated, was not confined to his profession.... | |
 | Thomas Thomson - Scotland - 1855 - 368 pages
...through a rugged, hilly, and mountainous district, incontrovertibly establishes his great skill in tlio engineering department, as well as in the construction of great public communications. Mr Telford was not more remarkable for his great professional abilities thrm for his sterling worth... | |
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