The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer : (Registro nro. 43058)
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | TA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Smiles, Samuel, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1812-1904 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer : |
| Remainder of title | With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great Britain |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 1997 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 1997-06-01 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | This etext produced by Eric Hutton; additional proof reading by David G Haren and Simon Allen |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer" by Samuel Smiles is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book provides a detailed look at the life and achievements of Thomas Telford, a prominent civil engineer known for his significant contributions to the improvement of infrastructure in Britain, particularly roads and bridges. The narrative likely explores his early years, career beginnings, and the impact he had on the development of civil engineering in the context of the historical state of roads and transportation in the UK. At the start of the work, Smiles sets the stage for Telford's story by discussing the important role of roads as agents of civilization, highlighting their influence on commerce and communication. The opening chapters provide a historical overview of early roads, discussing the conditions and modes of travel in England before Telford's time. It describes the difficulties faced by travelers due to poorly maintained roads and introduces Telford's upbringing and early experiences as a stonemason. This context sets up the reader to appreciate Telford's later innovations and contributions to engineering, emphasizing the transformative effects of improved infrastructure on society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Note about original | Original publication data not identified |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Telford, Thomas, 1757-1834 |
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| Uncontrolled term | Roads -- Great Britain |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Civil engineers -- Great Britain -- Biography |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/939">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/939</a> |
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