A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... construction that had to be planned , financed , and organized . Bridge - building continued along the lines described in volume III , but with a tendency to lighter and bolder construction . The power of steam , first developed for the ...
... construction that had to be planned , financed , and organized . Bridge - building continued along the lines described in volume III , but with a tendency to lighter and bolder construction . The power of steam , first developed for the ...
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... construction , of the form shown in figure 254. The span was 130 ft , but the bridge weighed only 173 tons , showing a considerable economy on the Coalbrookdale design . The sup- FIGURE 254 - Telford's iron bridge at Buildwas . 1795 ...
... construction , of the form shown in figure 254. The span was 130 ft , but the bridge weighed only 173 tons , showing a considerable economy on the Coalbrookdale design . The sup- FIGURE 254 - Telford's iron bridge at Buildwas . 1795 ...
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... construction with 600 ft in a single span . It was estimated to require 6500 tons of cast iron ; the abutments were to consist of 432 000 cu ft of ... construction several suspension bridges 458 BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION.
... construction with 600 ft in a single span . It was estimated to require 6500 tons of cast iron ; the abutments were to consist of 432 000 cu ft of ... construction several suspension bridges 458 BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION.
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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