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See also:TELFORD, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS (1757—.1834) , See also:British See also:civil engineer, was the son of a shepherd, and was See also:born at Westerkirk in Eskdale, See also:Dumfriesshire, on the 9th of See also:August 1757. From See also:early childhood he was employed as a See also:herd, occasionally attending the See also:parish school of Westerkirk, where his quickness and See also:diligence helped to make up for his lack of opportunity. On being apprenticed, at the See also:age of fifteen, to a stonemason. at See also:Langholm, he found leisure not only to gain an acquaintance with Latin, See also:French and See also:German, but to gratify his See also:literary tastes by a wide variety of See also:reading. In his early manhood he was much given to the See also:writing of See also:verse: a poem of some length on Eskdale appeared in 1784 in the Poetical Museum, published at See also:Hawick; under the See also:signature of " Eskdale See also:Tam " he contributed verses to See also:Ruddiman's Weekly See also:Magazine; and he addressed an See also:epistle in See also:rhyme to See also:Burns, which was published in See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Currie's See also:Life of the poet. In 178o Telford went to See also:Edinburgh, where he was employed in the erection of houses in the " new " See also:town, and occupied much of his spare See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time in learning architectural See also:drawing. Proceeding to See also:London two years later, he found employment in the erection of See also:Somerset See also:House. Having in 1784 superintended the erection of a house for the See also:commissioner at See also:Portsmouth dockyard, he next repaired the See also:castle of See also:Sir W. Pulteney, member for See also:Shrewsbury, who conceived such a high See also:opinion of his talents that he got him made surveyor of public See also:works for the See also:county of Salop. In 1793 he was appointed engineer of the See also:Ellesmere See also:canal, for which he built the Chirk and See also:Pont-y-Cysyllte aqueducts, and this See also:work established his reputation as a canal engineer. He was consulted in 18o6 by the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Sweden regarding the construction of the See also:Gota Canal, and, his plans having been adopted, he visited the See also:country in 1810 to superintend some of the more important excavations. In the early years of the 19th See also:century the question of improving the communications in the See also:Highlands of See also:Scotland engaged the See also:attention of the See also:government, and Telford was commissioned to See also:report on the See also:matter. In consequence of his recommendations, he was appointed engineer for the Caledonian Canal, which was begun in 1804 and forms one of the largest but by no means the most useful of his undertakings, and also for the construction of 92o See also:miles of roads, a See also:great See also:part through very difficult country. Of the numerous See also:bridges built in this See also:line of roads mention may be specially made of that across the See also:Tay at See also:Dunkeld. Subsequently he was employed on the improvement of the road between See also:Carlisle and See also:Glasgow, 'which was undertaken as a result of a See also:parliamentary inquiry in 1814, and he was then entrusted with the See also:execution of another See also:- SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
scheme, of equal magnitude and importance with that in the Highlands of See also:Scot-See also:land, for a See also:system of roads through the more inaccessible parts of See also:Wales, which involved the erection of the magnificent
suspension See also:bridge aero3s the Menai Straits, begun in 182o, and seized and See also:bound him and was conveying him by See also:boat to his the See also:Conway Bridge, begun in 1822. While his fame rests
chiefly on his road and canal See also:engineering, and the erection of the numerous bridges and aqueducts which this involved, he also did See also:good work in See also:harbour construction. The See also:fisheries and See also:industries of Scotland benefited by the improvements he effected at many of the harbours on the See also:east See also:coast; he constructed the St Katherine's Docks, London (finished in 1828); and his last piece of professional work was a See also:plan for the improvement of See also:Dover harbour. Other achievements of his later years were the drainage of the See also:north level of the eastern Fen See also:district, an See also:area of 48,000 acres, and erection of the See also:Dean Bridge, Edinburgh, and of the Broomielaw Bridge, Glasgow. He died on the 2nd of See also:September 1834 in London, and was buried in See also:Westminster See also:Abbey.
Telford was never married. For twenty-one years he lived at the Salopian See also:coffee-house, afterwards the See also:Ship Hotel, Charing See also:Cross, whence he removed to 24 See also:Abingdon See also:Street. He was a See also:fellow of the Royal See also:Societies of London and of Edinburgh, and was annually elected See also:president of the Institution of Civil See also:Engineers from its See also:foundation. He received the See also:Swedish See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of See also:knighthood of Gustavus See also:Vasa.
See Telford's See also:Memoirs, written by himself and edited by See also:John See also:Rickman (1838) ; also See also:Smiles's Lives of tke Engineers.
End of Article: TELFORD, THOMAS (1757—.1834)
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