A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... early as 1814 in France and 1829 in England . Cotton warps for worsteds were introduced into Yorkshire in 1834 [ 18 ] and led to a great extension of the worsted- industry . Carding wool . The first power - driven machine in the cloth ...
... early as 1814 in France and 1829 in England . Cotton warps for worsteds were introduced into Yorkshire in 1834 [ 18 ] and led to a great extension of the worsted- industry . Carding wool . The first power - driven machine in the cloth ...
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... early winding - machine , in which the skeins of silk , mounted on swifts ( light revolving frames ) AA , were transferred to the bobbins BB . Generally the machines were much longer than the one shown . Figure 170 shows a simple form ...
... early winding - machine , in which the skeins of silk , mounted on swifts ( light revolving frames ) AA , were transferred to the bobbins BB . Generally the machines were much longer than the one shown . Figure 170 shows a simple form ...
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... early stage the blade was replaced by a bag of permeable fabric , made of hemp or leather , attached to a strong metal ring . This instrument still forms a useful means for dredging ; it has also been used in well - sinking . For the ...
... early stage the blade was replaced by a bag of permeable fabric , made of hemp or leather , attached to a strong metal ring . This instrument still forms a useful means for dredging ; it has also been used in well - sinking . For the ...
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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