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Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason (1757–1834)
Also known as: Томас Телфорд, توماس تيلفورد, 토머스 텔퍼드, トーマス・テルフォード, 湯瑪斯·特爾福德, Телфорд, Томас
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- A copy of a letter to the secretary of the British Society from Mr. Thomas Telford, their engineer, &c. &c
- English and Bristol Channels ship canal
- Observations by the Union Canal Committee on the objections made by the inhabitants of Leith to this undertaking
- Reports on the means of improving the supply of water for the city of Edinburgh
- Ship canal for the junction of the English and Bristol Channels