A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... engine . From J. LEUPOLD . Theatrum machinarum generale , Pl . LIV . Leipzig , 1724 173 103 The steam - engine erected by Savery and Newcomen . Photograph . Science Museum , London . D. E. Woodall 174 104 Diagram of Newcomen's ...
... engine . From J. LEUPOLD . Theatrum machinarum generale , Pl . LIV . Leipzig , 1724 173 103 The steam - engine erected by Savery and Newcomen . Photograph . Science Museum , London . D. E. Woodall 174 104 Diagram of Newcomen's ...
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... engine to a significantly more powerful prime mover by 1850 can be illustrated by the following figures : Date Engine 1702 Thomas Savery's Miner's Friend 1717 1732 Desaguliers ' Savery engine for St Petersburg Newcomen engine for France ...
... engine to a significantly more powerful prime mover by 1850 can be illustrated by the following figures : Date Engine 1702 Thomas Savery's Miner's Friend 1717 1732 Desaguliers ' Savery engine for St Petersburg Newcomen engine for France ...
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... engine would allow a greater range of expansion of the steam to be employed without infringing Watt's principle that a working cylinder should be subjected to the least possible temperature ... engine for pumping HIGH - PRESSURE ENGINES 191.
... engine would allow a greater range of expansion of the steam to be employed without infringing Watt's principle that a working cylinder should be subjected to the least possible temperature ... engine for pumping HIGH - PRESSURE ENGINES 191.
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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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