Perronet
Americannoun
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Most important, Perronet greatly increased the useful waterway underneath.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perronet reasoned what nobody before him dreamed: that the horizontal thrust of each arch carried along the length of the entire bridge.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perronet was not at all nice to look at when we first saw him, though we were very sorry for him.
From A Great Emergency and Other Tales by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
On another occasion it is recorded that Wesley wanted to hear Perronet preach.
From The Story of Our Hymns by Ernest Edwin Ryden
In a letter to Mr. Perronet, written in November, 1765, he says, "I live alone in my house, having neither wife, child, nor servant."
From Fletcher of Madeley by Frederic W. Macdonald
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