A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... Britain was then essentially an agricultural and mercantile nation . Napoleon could refer to England as ' a nation of shopkeepers ' , but by 1815 Britain , and Britain alone , was so far industrialized as to deserve the title of the ...
... Britain was then essentially an agricultural and mercantile nation . Napoleon could refer to England as ' a nation of shopkeepers ' , but by 1815 Britain , and Britain alone , was so far industrialized as to deserve the title of the ...
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... Britain was no chance event but the natural consequence of several factors . Britain not only had inventive genius and commercial enterprise , but was in fact the only country in a position to take great material advantage of the ...
... Britain was no chance event but the natural consequence of several factors . Britain not only had inventive genius and commercial enterprise , but was in fact the only country in a position to take great material advantage of the ...
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... Britain towards the end of the century ; Britain then had the materials for manufacture , but was nevertheless completely dependent upon import from Germany . In Britain , tinplate was first successfully manufactured at Pontypool ...
... Britain towards the end of the century ; Britain then had the materials for manufacture , but was nevertheless completely dependent upon import from Germany . In Britain , tinplate was first successfully manufactured at Pontypool ...
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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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