A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... Applied and Relating to the Arts and Manufactures ' , Vol . 1 , fig . 137. London , [ 1853–61 ] . D. E. Woodall 71 Smelting lead . After J. PERCY . ' Metallurgy ' , Vol . 3 : ' Metallurgy of Lead ' , fig . 93. London , 1870 . K. F. ...
... Applied and Relating to the Arts and Manufactures ' , Vol . 1 , fig . 137. London , [ 1853–61 ] . D. E. Woodall 71 Smelting lead . After J. PERCY . ' Metallurgy ' , Vol . 3 : ' Metallurgy of Lead ' , fig . 93. London , 1870 . K. F. ...
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... applied to the unfired enamel , a glaze applied , and the ware fired a second time . By the end of the seventeenth century , a similar ware was being produced in England at Lambeth , Liverpool , and Bristol , and at various centres on ...
... applied to the unfired enamel , a glaze applied , and the ware fired a second time . By the end of the seventeenth century , a similar ware was being produced in England at Lambeth , Liverpool , and Bristol , and at various centres on ...
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... Applied science as a liberator from servitude . The enthusiasm that possessed some of the early technologists sprang from an almost supernatural confidence in the power of applied science to lighten the burdens that weigh down mankind ...
... Applied science as a liberator from servitude . The enthusiasm that possessed some of the early technologists sprang from an almost supernatural confidence in the power of applied science to lighten the burdens that weigh down mankind ...
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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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