A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... common use elsewhere until after 1850. Longwall working has many ad- vantages where it is practicable . It is an excellent system for mechanical coal cut- ting in dirty seams , that is , seams with a layer of stone or shale within them ...
... common use elsewhere until after 1850. Longwall working has many ad- vantages where it is practicable . It is an excellent system for mechanical coal cut- ting in dirty seams , that is , seams with a layer of stone or shale within them ...
Page 248
... common salt , the development of bleaching - powder STEAM was one of the milestones in the evolution of Britain's chemical economy . Liebig assessed its significance in the following terms : But for this new bleaching process it would ...
... common salt , the development of bleaching - powder STEAM was one of the milestones in the evolution of Britain's chemical economy . Liebig assessed its significance in the following terms : But for this new bleaching process it would ...
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... common term for a small three - masted ship , and was used by Shakespeare and Hakluyt in this sense . Cat was a word of Scandinavian origin for a type of hull , common to the maritime countries of northern Europe , having a bluff bow ...
... common term for a small three - masted ship , and was used by Shakespeare and Hakluyt in this sense . Cat was a word of Scandinavian origin for a type of hull , common to the maritime countries of northern Europe , having a bluff bow ...
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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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