A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... material was piled on scaffolds carried by timbers fixed between the walls of the lode , or else was left in situ as a support . In over- hand stoping ( figure 38 ) the procedure was reversed , except that driving was al- most always ...
... material was piled on scaffolds carried by timbers fixed between the walls of the lode , or else was left in situ as a support . In over- hand stoping ( figure 38 ) the procedure was reversed , except that driving was al- most always ...
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... material widely used instead of lime as the basis of a plaster for walls and ceilings was made by driving off part , but not the whole , of the water combined with calcium sulphate in the mineral gypsum . Beds of this material were ...
... material widely used instead of lime as the basis of a plaster for walls and ceilings was made by driving off part , but not the whole , of the water combined with calcium sulphate in the mineral gypsum . Beds of this material were ...
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... material , relating load and distortion , but it remained for Young to define the ' elastic modulus ' in a way that ... material . His ' height of the modulus ' was our Young's modulus divided by the density of the material . Young's ...
... material , relating load and distortion , but it remained for Young to define the ' elastic modulus ' in a way that ... material . His ' height of the modulus ' was our Young's modulus divided by the density of the material . Young's ...
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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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