A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... beam were better cut , and the bearings on which the pivots rested were pro- vided with a hard steel bushing . The true knife - edge bearing , however , was not in current use until the beginning of the nineteenth century . The ...
... beam were better cut , and the bearings on which the pivots rested were pro- vided with a hard steel bushing . The true knife - edge bearing , however , was not in current use until the beginning of the nineteenth century . The ...
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... beam is made of a strong steel blade turned on edge [ 22 ] ( figure 227 ) ; the hardened steel knife - edge rests on less hard steel bushes so that the edge is not worn down . The beam is supported on a strong brass column . For thirty ...
... beam is made of a strong steel blade turned on edge [ 22 ] ( figure 227 ) ; the hardened steel knife - edge rests on less hard steel bushes so that the edge is not worn down . The beam is supported on a strong brass column . For thirty ...
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... beam in much greater proportion than it added to the weight . William Fairbairn adopted an inverted T - section with ... beam . The load W , which it would carry concentrated at mid - span , was proportional to the area of the tension ...
... beam in much greater proportion than it added to the weight . William Fairbairn adopted an inverted T - section with ... beam . The load W , which it would carry concentrated at mid - span , was proportional to the area of the tension ...
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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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