McAdam, John Loudon: letter 1826

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McAdam, John Loudon: letter 1826

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Senate House Library (University of London)

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Britton, John, 1771-1857

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c53jg0 (person)

John Britton, English antiquarian and topographer. Often with his friend Edward Wedlake Brayley, he produced many works on British topography and antiquities, including: The Beauties of England and Wales (1800) ; Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain (1807-1814) ; and the Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the Middle Ages (1831-8). From the guide to the John Britton manuscript material : 1 item, 1844, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of...

McAdam, John Loudon, 1756-1836

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John Loudon McAdam was born in Ayr in 1756. He became famous as a road builder, in particular for his seminal book Remarks on the Present System of Road Making (1816). McAdam was so influential that his surname has entered the English language as 'tarmacadam' and 'tarmac', a synonym for the tarred road surface he invented. From the guide to the McAdam, John Loudon: letter, 1826, (Senate House Library, University of London) ...