 | Technology - 1849 - 656 pages
...attention to the system of construction already adopted, and therefore might safely be entrusted to thoje gentlemen whose constant presence during the building...services as the labours of an assistant under his controul, and acting entirely under his direction. Had Mr. Stephenson, in his public address, done... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1849 - 654 pages
...acquainted with the whole details of the work. By such an arrangement, moreover, the Company would save tae amount which had hitherto been paid for my services,...services as the labours of an assistant under his controul, and acting entirely under his direction. Had Mr. Stephenson, in his public address, done... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1849 - 650 pages
...moreover, the Company would save the amount which had hitherto been paid for my services, and I should he enabled to devote my time to other pursuits which...his public misrepresentation of the position I held nailer the Company, and bis endeavour to recognize nay services as the labours of an assistant under... | |
 | Bridges - 1849 - 644 pages
...ROBEBT STEPHENSON.' ' But,' says Mr. Fairbairn, ' what chiefly led me to this decision [his retirement] was the position assumed by Mr. Stephenson : his public...position I held under the Company, and his endeavour to recognise my services as the labours of an assistant under his control, and acting entirely under his... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1849 - 660 pages
...ROBERT STEPHEWSON.' ' But,' says Mr. Fairbairn, ' what chiefly led me to this decision [his retirement] was the position assumed by Mr. Stephenson : his public...position I held under the Company, and his endeavour to recognise my services as the labours of an assistant under his control, and acting entirely under his... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - Railroads - 1861 - 268 pages
...decision [nis retirement] was the position assumed by Mr. Stephenson : his public misrepn sentation of the position I held under the Company, and his endeavour to recognise my services as the labours of an assistant under his control, and acting entirely under his... | |
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... be entrusted to those gentlemen, whose constant presence during the building of the first tube had rendered them thoroughly acquainted with the whole details of the work. By such an arrangement, moreover, the Company would save the amount which had... 