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Remarkably, the treatise did not appear in print until 1818 and Mr Clarke plausibly suggests that it may have been the surge of European canal building which followed the Napoleonic Wars that stung Maillard into belated publication. In September 1795, Austrian engineer and army officer Sebastian von Maillard arrived at Yarmouth accompanied by some engineering colleague-companions to make a through exploration of the British canal network. Technology, economics and canal development - an early technical book and what it reveals including a translation of instructions for the design and implementation of navigable canals by sebastian von maillard (1817). by MIKE CLARKE: 240 pp., numerous b&w illustrations; 71 in colour; 9 maps; 10 tables. [Extracted from the article] |
