Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VIII.: James Ferguson

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276. FERGUSSON, JAMES, 20 Langham Place — Inventor.

Model, on a scale of 1 inch to 40 feet, showing eight different modes, in which the front of fortification of the usual dimensions may be fortified according to a new system. Its objects are, an immense reduction in the cost of construction, and greater capability of defence.


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