The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volume 12Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) 1839 |
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... miles . But the canals of the late duke of Bridge- water , the great father of inland navigation in this country , are of much greater importance , both for the extent and the natural difficulties that were surmounted by the fertile ...
... miles . But the canals of the late duke of Bridge- water , the great father of inland navigation in this country , are of much greater importance , both for the extent and the natural difficulties that were surmounted by the fertile ...
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... mile in length . River at Swarkstone Bridge , crosses and inter- sects the Trent and Mersey Canal , and ter- minates at Little Eaton , nearly four miles above Derby , from which town a cut of eight miles and a - half goes off to a place ...
... mile in length . River at Swarkstone Bridge , crosses and inter- sects the Trent and Mersey Canal , and ter- minates at Little Eaton , nearly four miles above Derby , from which town a cut of eight miles and a - half goes off to a place ...
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... miles , in the counties of Devon and Somerset : it crosses the south - western branch of the grand- ridge ; its objects being a connexion between the southern coast and the Bristol Channel , the sup- ply of the country with coals ...
... miles , in the counties of Devon and Somerset : it crosses the south - western branch of the grand- ridge ; its objects being a connexion between the southern coast and the Bristol Channel , the sup- ply of the country with coals ...
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... mile in length to Griff collieries ; another to several collieries by different branches near Seeswood Pool and Bedworth , five or six miles in length ; there is also a cut of half a mile from the line to Bedworth ; the branch to ...
... mile in length to Griff collieries ; another to several collieries by different branches near Seeswood Pool and Bedworth , five or six miles in length ; there is also a cut of half a mile from the line to Bedworth ; the branch to ...
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... miles in length , in the course of which navigation the vessels are raised , by means of twenty locks , to the height of 155 feet above the level of the sea ; proceeding afterwards on the summit of the country for eighteen miles , it ...
... miles in length , in the course of which navigation the vessels are raised , by means of twenty locks , to the height of 155 feet above the level of the sea ; proceeding afterwards on the summit of the country for eighteen miles , it ...
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