A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... Boulton ( 1728-1809 ) , a leading manufacturer whose works was at Soho , near Birmingham ( plate 31 A ) . Boulton became interested in the engine because his own works was short of water - power and he was seeking means of pumping back ...
... Boulton ( 1728-1809 ) , a leading manufacturer whose works was at Soho , near Birmingham ( plate 31 A ) . Boulton became interested in the engine because his own works was short of water - power and he was seeking means of pumping back ...
Page 268
... Boulton and Watt idea of installing gas mill by mill and house by house was unsound . He saw that consumers would have to be supplied through mains radiating from central gas - generating stations . He realized , too , that the amount ...
... Boulton and Watt idea of installing gas mill by mill and house by house was unsound . He saw that consumers would have to be supplied through mains radiating from central gas - generating stations . He realized , too , that the amount ...
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... Boulton : the first com- mercially successful Boulton & Watt engine was ordered in 1776. Subsequent applications of steam - power to requirements other than pumping water from mines developed slowly but steadily . They do not concern us ...
... Boulton : the first com- mercially successful Boulton & Watt engine was ordered in 1776. Subsequent applications of steam - power to requirements other than pumping water from mines developed slowly but steadily . They do not concern us ...
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GLASS by L M ANGUSBUTTERWORTH Director The Newton Heath Glass | 12 |
TELEGRAPHY by G R M GARRATT Deputy Keeper Department of Electrical | 22 |
FISH PRESERVATION by C L CUTTING Officer in Charge Humber | 44 |
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