 | English literature - 1793 - 702 pages
...totbricn imprtunus floods in that river: lie planned anil attended therxecu tioa of the great C^nal in Scotland, for conveying the trade of the country either to the Atlantic or Grrman Ocean; and having brought i!, l believe, to the place originally intended, he declined » handfome... | |
 | 1793 - 526 pages
...A few only can be mentioned : he made the river Calder navigable ; a work that required great fldll and judgment, owing to the very impetuous floods in...the Atlantic or German Ocean; and having brought it to the place originally intended, he declined a handfome yearly falary, in order that 'he might attend... | |
 | English literature - 1793 - 548 pages
...a work that required great (kill andjudgment,owing to the very impetuous floids in that river; lie planned and attended the execution of the great Canal...the Atlantic or German Ocean; and having brought it, a longleries Qt yea I believe, to the place originally in- purfuit to all forn tended, he declined... | |
 | 1798 - 614 pages
...that river.—He planned, and attended for some time, the execution of the great, or Forth and Clyde, canal in Scotland, for conveying the trade of the country either to the Atlantic or G. rman Ocean. When this work hud been executed from the Forth towards the Clyde, as far as a point... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 722 pages
...many works of general utility. He made the rivtr Calder navigable, a work that required great skill and judgment, owing to the very impetuous floods in...in Scotland, for conveying the trade of the country cither to the Atlantic i or German Ocean ; and having brought it to the place originally intended,... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 pages
...planned and attended' SME SME Smeatcn. tended the execution of the great canal in Scotland for v ' conveying the trade of the country either to the Atlantic or German ocean ; and having brought it to the place originally intended, he declined a handfome yearly falary, in order that he might attend... | |
 | John Smeaton - Civil engineering - 1812 - 532 pages
...that river.—He planned, and attended for fome time, the execution of the great, or Forth and Clyde, canal in Scotland, for conveying the trade of the country either to the Atlantic or German Ocean. When this work had been executed from the Forth towards the Clyde, as far as a point intended for the... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 808 pages
...navigable; a work that required great Jkill and judgment, owing to the very impetuous floods in that rivtr: He planned and attended the execution of the great canal in Scotland, (See CANAL, N" 9; and FORTH, N" 4.) and having brought it to the place originally intended, he declined... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 384 pages
...many works of general utility. He made the river Calder navigable, a work that required great skill and judgment, owing to the very impetuous floods in...country either to the Atlantic or German Ocean ; and havingbrought it to the place originally intended, he declined a handsome yearly salary, in order that... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1821 - 758 pages
...of the principal ones slightly. He made the river Calder navigable; a work that required great skill and judgment, owing to the very impetuous floods in...believe, to the place originally intended, he declined a handsome yearly salary, in order that he might attend to the multiplicity of his other business. On... | |
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Calder navigable, a work that required great skill and judgment, owing to the very impetuous floods in that river. He planned and attended the execution of the great canal in Scotland, for conveying the trade of the country either to the Atlantic or German... 
