. The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels, and canals, in various parts of the world .. . ^- mmersim Susrersizn CHAPTER IX. Importance of Canals.—Canals of the ancient Greeks, Romans*and Egyptians.—Canals in China.—Modern Canals of Russia,Holland, France, and Great Britain.—Duke of Bridge watersCanal.—Brindley. — Construction of Locked Canals.— Cale-donian Canal. The author of the Wealth of Nations, after expatiating onthe value of good roads to the community, and the mani-fold advantages to be deri
. The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels, and canals, in various parts of the world .. . ^- mmersim Susrersizn CHAPTER IX. Importance of Canals.—Canals of the ancient Greeks, Romans*and Egyptians.—Canals in China.—Modern Canals of Russia,Holland, France, and Great Britain.—Duke of Bridge watersCanal.—Brindley. — Construction of Locked Canals.— Cale-donian Canal. The author of the Wealth of Nations, after expatiating onthe value of good roads to the community, and the mani-fold advantages to be derived from them, says : But howmuch greater must be the advantages of Canals, on whichone horse will do the work of twenty or thirty horses inthe transport of goods, and one boy and a man the work often men; that is, one man, a boy, and a horse, are suffi-cient for transporting, by a canal of the smaller class,twenty tons weight of merchandise, which on the bestroads would require at least twenty horses and ten expense of carriage, therefore, would be at least tentimes as great, and the wear and tear proportionablygreater. The word canal is derived from canalis, the Latinfor a thi
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