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A manual of the principles and practice of road-making : comprising the location, construction, and improvement of roads, (common, macadam, paved, plank, etc.) and railroads

by Gillespie, William Mitchell
Published 1850

A.S. Barnes & Co

Subjects: “...Roads / Design and construction...”

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A manual of the principles and practice of road-making : comprising the location, construction, and improvement of roads (common, macadam, paved, plank, etc.) and railroads

by Gillespie, William Mitchell
Published 1847

A.S. Barnes & Co

Subjects: “...Roads / Design and construction...”

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The plough-wright's assistant, or, A practical treatise on various implements employed in agriculture

by Gray, Andrew
Published 1808

Printed for A. Constable

Subjects: “...Farm equipment / Design and construction...”

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Rules and data for the steam-engine, both stationary and locomotive, and for railways, canals, and turnpike-roads : being a synopsis of a course of eight lectures on mechanical phi...

by Adcock, Henry
Published 1839

J. Weale

Subjects: “...Toll roads / Design and construction...”

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Copy of the specification of a patent, granted to Benjamin Thompson, of Ayton Cottage, in the county of Durham, gentleman : for his invention of "a method of facilitating the conve...

by Thompson, Benjamin
Published 1822

Printed by J. & R. Akenhead

Subjects: “...Railroads, Local and light / England / Design and construction...”

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A clause to be inserted in the Stamford Turnpike bill : with the reasons for the said clause

Published 1751

s.n

Subjects: “...Roads / England / Stamford / Design and construction...”

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Report concerning the practicability and expence of the lines surveyed by Messrs. John Ainslie & Robert Whitworth, Jun. for a canal, proposed to be made between the cities of Edinb...

by Rennie, John
Published 1798

[s.n.]

Subjects: “...Canals / Scotland / Design and construction / Costs...”

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A treatise on roads : wherein the principles on which roads should be made are explained and illustrated, by the plans, specifications, and contracts made use of by Thomas Telford,...

by Parnell, Henry
Published 1838

Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans

Subjects: “...Road construction / Great Britain...”

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A paper read before the Institution of Civil Engineers on the construction of carriage-way pavements

by Donkin, Bryan
Published 1824

J. Taylor

Subjects: “...Roads / Design and construction...”

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Modern prisons : their construction and ventilation

by Jebb, Joshua
Published 1844

J. Weale

Subjects: “...Prisons / Design and construction...”

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A practical treatise on the construction and formation of railways : showing the practical application and expense of excavating, haulage, embanking, and permanent waylaying

by Day, James
Published 1839

J. Weale

Subjects: “...Railroads / Design and construction...”

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Observations on the various systems of canal navigation with inferences practical and mathematical : in which Mr. Fulton's plan of wheel-boats and the utility of subterraneous and...

by Chapman, William
Published 1797

Published by I. and J. Taylor

Subjects: “...Canals / China / Design and construction...”

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Suspension bridge

by Cowper, Edward Alfred
Published 1848

Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Subjects: “...Suspension bridges / Great Britain / Design and construction...”

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Remarks on the construction of hothouses : pointing out the most advantageous forms, materials and contrivances to be used in their construction

by Loudon, John Claudius
Published 1817

Printed for J. Taylor

Subjects: “...Greenhouses / England / Design and construction...”

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Second edition of Skyring's new and complete list of builders' prices : calculated to do justice to the proprietor, master builder, and their workmen

by Skyring, Z.
Published 1812

Printed by W. Smith & Co

Subjects: “...Construction contracts...”

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Hints to paviors by Francis Macerone : with an introductory review by J.C. Robertson ... of the various plans proposed for the improvement of carriage pavements, also a paper on th...

by Maceroni, Francis
Published 1833

E. Wilson

Subjects: “...Roads / Design and construction...”

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London and Cambridge Junction Canal : minutes of the evidence taken before a Committee of the House of Commons, with an appendix

Published 1812

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Subjects: “...Canals / England / Design and construction...”

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Skyring's builders' prices for 1826 : corrected from the prime cost of materials and labour

by Skyring, Z.
Published 1826

Printed and sold by the author

Subjects: “...Construction contracts...”

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The construction and extensive use of a newly invented universal seed-furrow plough : upon an easy, steady principle, suited to all soils ...

by Randall, John
Published 1764

J. Wilkie

Subjects: “...Plows / Design and construction...”

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A plan for the improvement of the port of London in the year 1840 : chief objects

by Minimus
Published 1839

Smith, Elder, & co

Subjects: “...Harbors / England / London / Design and construction...”

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