The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties
The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties
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would have demanded, and the formidable natural diffi- culties, agamst which, at that time, there was probably no engineer in the country able to contend. When the idea, however, was now revived, the extraordinary me- chanical genius of Brindley had already acquired for him an extensive reputation ; and he was applied to, by the Duke, to survey the ground, through which the proposed canal would have to be carried, and to make his report... upon the practicability of the scheme. New as he was in this species of engineering^ Brindley, confident in his own powers, at once undertook to make the desired ex- amination, and, .having finished it, expressed his convic- tion that the ground presented no difficulties which might not be surmounted. On receiving tliis assurance, the Duke at once determined upon commencing the under- taking ; and an act of Parliament havbg been obtamed, in 1758, the powers of which were considerably extended by succeeding acts, the formation of the canal was begun that year.
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22 P. K.
Digitized by Google S54 THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE.
would have demanded, and the formidable natural diffi- culties, agamst which, at that time, there was probably no engineer in the country able to contend. When the idea, however, was now revived, the extraordinary me- chanical genius of Brindley had already acquired for him an extensive reputation ; and he was applied to, by the Duke, to survey the ground, through which the proposed canal would have to be carried, and to make his report... upon the practicability of the scheme. New as he was in this species of engineering^ Brindley, confident in his own powers, at once undertook to make the desired ex- amination, and, .having finished it, expressed his convic- tion that the ground presented no difficulties which might not be surmounted. On receiving tliis assurance, the Duke at once determined upon commencing the under- taking ; and an act of Parliament havbg been obtamed, in 1758, the powers of which were considerably extended by succeeding acts, the formation of the canal was begun that year.
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