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Life of Charles Blacker Vignoles, F.R.S., F.R.A.S., M.R.I.A. : soldier and civil engineer, formerly lieutenant in H.M. 1st Royals, past-president of Institution of Civil Engineers : a reminiscence of early railway history /

This memoir of the life and work of the late Mr C.B. Vignoles is in three sections: his life of adventure as an officer in the British Army; his work as one of the small group of civil engineers engaged in the construction of the earliest railways in England and Ireland; and his foreign engineering...

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Main Author:	Vignoles, Olinthus J. (Olinthus John), 1829-1907
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Longmans, Green, and Company, 1889.
Subjects:	Vignoles, Charles Blacker, > 1793-1875. Railroad engineers > Great Britain > Biography. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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