 Irwell on a lofty aqueduct, the success of the experiment soon led to the universal introduction of water carriages, and Great Britain was traversed in every direction by three thousand miles of navigable canals. At the same time a new importance was...  Some Ethical Phases of the Labor Question - Page 97by Carroll Davidson Wright - 1903 - 205 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ontario. Legislative Assembly - Ontario - 1892 - 700 pages
...success of the experiment soon led to the universal introduction of water carriages, and Great Britain was traversed in every direction by three thousand miles of navigable canals. At the same time a new importance was given to the coal which lay beneath the soil of England. The... | |
 | John Richard Green - Great Britain - 1881 - 512 pages
...which it had been held. From the year 1767, when Brindley completed his enterprise, a network of such water-roads was flung over the country ; and before...direction by three thousand miles of navigable canals. To English trade the canal opened up the richest of all markets, the market of England itself. Every... | |
 | American social science assoc - 1882 - 200 pages
...system itself without the steam engine, would have been a feeble institution. [Green, vol. 1, p. 279. England at once seized on the discovery of the canal...direction by three thousand miles of navigable canals." [Green, vol. 1, p. 279. The free and cheap distribution of coal and iron at once became an important... | |
 | Social sciences - 1882 - 1096 pages
...system itself without the steam engine, would have been a feeble institution. [Green, vol. 1, p. 279. England at once seized on the discovery of the canal...and before the movement had spent its force, Great Hritain alone was traversed in every direction by three thousand miles of navigable canals." [Green,... | |
 | John Richard Green - Great Britain - 1882 - 504 pages
...1767, when Brindley completed his enterprise, a network of such water-roads was flung over the couutry; and before the movement had spent its force Great Britain alone was traversed in every direction by 3,000 miles of navigable canals. 1528. To English trade the canal opened up the richest of all markets,... | |
 | John Richard Green - Great Britain - 1889 - 954 pages
...success of the experiment soon led to the universal introduction of water-carriage, and Great Britain was traversed in every direction by three thousand miles of navigable canals. At the same time a -new importance was given to the coal which lay beneath the soil of England. The... | |
 | John Richard Green - Great Britain - 1889 - 944 pages
...success of the experiment soon led to the universal introduction of water-carriage, and Great Britain was traversed in every direction by three thousand miles of navigable canals. At the same time a new importance was given to the coal which lay beneath the soil of England. The... | |
 | Edward Barnes Borron - Lakes - 1891 - 50 pages
...success of the experiment soon led to the universal introduction of water carriages, and Great Britain was traversed in every direction by three thousand miles of navigable canals. At the same time a new importance was given to the coal which lay beneath the soil of England. The... | |
 | Ontario. Legislative Assembly - Ontario - 1892 - 706 pages
...success of the experiment soon led to the universal introduction of water carriages, and Great Britain was traversed in every direction by three thousand miles of navigable canals. At the same time a new importance was given to the coal which lay beneath the soil of England. The... | |
 | John Richard Green - Great Britain - 1899 - 504 pages
...which it had been held. From the year 1767, when Brindley completed his enterprise, a network of such water-roads was flung over the country; and before...Britain alone was traversed in every direction by 3,000 miles of navigable canals. 1528. To English trade the canal opened up the richest of all markets,... | |
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