Stokers and Pokers, Or, The London and North-Western Railway, the Electric Telegraph, and the Railway Clearing-HouseJohn Murray, 1861 - 224 páginas |
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... various lines for consider- ation , his assistants are testing the eligibility of each by rapidly taking for him what are called " flying levels , " as also " cross levels , " along the principal ridges that at various angles intersect ...
... various lines for consider- ation , his assistants are testing the eligibility of each by rapidly taking for him what are called " flying levels , " as also " cross levels , " along the principal ridges that at various angles intersect ...
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... various clerks of the peace of the several counties through which the line is to pass , with the Commis- sioners of Railways , & c . & c . & c .; besides which there is to be prepared for each parish its proportion , as also for every ...
... various clerks of the peace of the several counties through which the line is to pass , with the Commis- sioners of Railways , & c . & c . & c .; besides which there is to be prepared for each parish its proportion , as also for every ...
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... various strata to be excavated or tunnelled , he proceeds to estimate in detail the cost of the several works , which he then divides into lengths for construction , taking care that in each the amount of earth to be excavated and ...
... various strata to be excavated or tunnelled , he proceeds to estimate in detail the cost of the several works , which he then divides into lengths for construction , taking care that in each the amount of earth to be excavated and ...
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... various lengths for exe- cution by contract , and , on receiving tenders for the same , he selects , not always the lowest , but that which , for various reasons , is the most approved , taking security generally to the amount of per ...
... various lengths for exe- cution by contract , and , on receiving tenders for the same , he selects , not always the lowest , but that which , for various reasons , is the most approved , taking security generally to the amount of per ...
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... various works which a railway engineer has to superintend in the construction of the line , in the laying down of the rails or 66 permanent way , " and in the subsequent , or rather simultaneous , erection of the various station ...
... various works which a railway engineer has to superintend in the construction of the line , in the laying down of the rails or 66 permanent way , " and in the subsequent , or rather simultaneous , erection of the various station ...
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Stokers and Pokers: Or, The London and North-Western Railway, the Electric ... Sir Francis Bond Head Vista de fragmentos - 1968 |
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