A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... brick became the common material for walls , since more or less suitable clay was to be found in most parts of the country that were not well provided with stone . To most low - lying parts of the country coal for brick - making could ...
... brick became the common material for walls , since more or less suitable clay was to be found in most parts of the country that were not well provided with stone . To most low - lying parts of the country coal for brick - making could ...
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... brick sewers . Brick sewers in Britain range from about 2 ft 6 in by 3 ft 9 in to about 12 ft or more in diameter . In Paris they are generally larger , the smallest being 5 ft 6 in high by 2 ft 3 in wide . For local drainage , where ...
... brick sewers . Brick sewers in Britain range from about 2 ft 6 in by 3 ft 9 in to about 12 ft or more in diameter . In Paris they are generally larger , the smallest being 5 ft 6 in high by 2 ft 3 in wide . For local drainage , where ...
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... bricks was that leading from The Hague to Scheveningen . Brick pavements had some suc- cess in the United States , where they were first introduced at Charleston ( 1870 ) and Bloomington . Bricks were of some importance in the paving of ...
... bricks was that leading from The Hague to Scheveningen . Brick pavements had some suc- cess in the United States , where they were first introduced at Charleston ( 1870 ) and Bloomington . Bricks were of some importance in the paving of ...
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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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agricultural beam became Boulton Boulton and Watt bridge Britain British built canal carbon carried cast iron chemical clay coal Coalbrookdale coke construction copper crops cylinder D. E. Woodall developed diameter driving E. J. HOLMYARD early eighteenth century engine England Europe farming figure fish France French furnace glass heat husbandry Ibid important improved inches increased industrial revolution introduced invention J. F. Horrabin John Smeaton later lathe London machine machinery manufacture mechanical metal method mill mineral mines Newcomen Newcomen engine nineteenth century obtained operation oxide Paris patent Photograph by courtesy pipe piston plate practice produced pump river road rollers rotation Rotherham plough salt Science Museum screw sewers shaft ships silk Smeaton smelting Staffordshire steam steam-engine steel stone sulphuric acid surface tion tuyère vertical ware water-wheels watermills Watt whales wheel wooden wrought iron