Channel Railway: Description of a Proposed Cast-iron Tube for Carrying a Railway Across the Channel Between the Coasts of England and France |
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| Title | Channel Railway: Description of a Proposed Cast-iron Tube for Carrying a Railway Across the Channel Between the Coasts of England and France |
| Authors | John Frederic La Trobe Bateman, Julian John Rèvy |
| Publisher | Vacher, 1869 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Jul 2008 |
| Length | 59 pages |
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