A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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Page 172
... height as the atmospheric pressure would permit ; to retain the water ; and , by the applica- tion to it of as great a steam - pressure as could safely be employed , to force the water up to a still higher level . In practice , he used ...
... height as the atmospheric pressure would permit ; to retain the water ; and , by the applica- tion to it of as great a steam - pressure as could safely be employed , to force the water up to a still higher level . In practice , he used ...
Page 517
... height of the water , and adequate means of warning must be installed to warn the men of this danger . Sewer - men are also liable to attacks of leptospiral jaundice ( Weil's disease , Spirochaetosis icterohaemorrhagica ) , which is due ...
... height of the water , and adequate means of warning must be installed to warn the men of this danger . Sewer - men are also liable to attacks of leptospiral jaundice ( Weil's disease , Spirochaetosis icterohaemorrhagica ) , which is due ...
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... height provided the theoretical basis for the hypsometer , developed in the early nineteenth century as the characteristic altitude instrument of exploratory survey . III . NATIONAL SURVEYS The eighteenth century established the general ...
... height provided the theoretical basis for the hypsometer , developed in the early nineteenth century as the characteristic altitude instrument of exploratory survey . III . NATIONAL SURVEYS The eighteenth century established the general ...
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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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