A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... consisted of long metal teeth placed a short distance apart and mounted on a framework with wheels . When pulled along , this simple device gathered up loose Lee.fe hay ; it has altered little in general design since its first ...
... consisted of long metal teeth placed a short distance apart and mounted on a framework with wheels . When pulled along , this simple device gathered up loose Lee.fe hay ; it has altered little in general design since its first ...
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... consisted of a rectangular trough along which straw was moved by hand . As the straw reached the end of the trough ... consisting of a lever hinged to a trestle , appeared after 1800. This implement acted by downward pressure of the ...
... consisted of a rectangular trough along which straw was moved by hand . As the straw reached the end of the trough ... consisting of a lever hinged to a trestle , appeared after 1800. This implement acted by downward pressure of the ...
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... consisted of small brass cylinders 16 inches in length , usually mounted on a folding tripod . From this period the orientation of the tube was controlled by toothed sectors engaging with a cranked pinion . The adjustment of the small ...
... consisted of small brass cylinders 16 inches in length , usually mounted on a folding tripod . From this period the orientation of the tube was controlled by toothed sectors engaging with a cranked pinion . The adjustment of the small ...
Contents
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