Excerpt from Documents Tending to Prove the Superior Advantages of Rail-Ways and Steam Carriages Over Canal Navigation The offering was not accepted. The thinker was ahead of his age; but it is grateful to know that he lived to see his projects car ried out, though not by the government - and that, before he finally in 1838, closed his eyes in death, at the great age of 89, he could justly feel assured that the name of Stevens, in his own person and that of his sons, was imperishably enrolled among those which a grateful ...
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Excerpt from Documents Tending to Prove the Superior Advantages of Rail-Ways and Steam Carriages Over Canal Navigation The offering was not accepted. The thinker was ahead of his age; but it is grateful to know that he lived to see his projects car ried out, though not by the government - and that, before he finally in 1838, closed his eyes in death, at the great age of 89, he could justly feel assured that the name of Stevens, in his own person and that of his sons, was imperishably enrolled among those which a grateful country will cherish. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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