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public works [′pəb·lik ′wərks] (industrial engineering) Government-owned and financed works and improvements for public enjoyment or use. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It appears too by his laws, that he intends to establish only a small state, as all the artificers are to belong to the public, and add nothing to the complement of citizens; but if all those who are to be employed in public works are to be the slaves of the public, it should be done in the same manner as it is at Epidamnum, and as Diophantus formerly regulated it at Athens. 800, and they are employed in various public works. The State should possess nothing of its own, neither forests, nor mines, nor public works. |
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