A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... operation , and although many improvements were made in the processes preparatory to combing which further softened and disentangled the material , the combing operation continued to be performed by hand - dressing . The wool - comber ...
... operation , and although many improvements were made in the processes preparatory to combing which further softened and disentangled the material , the combing operation continued to be performed by hand - dressing . The wool - comber ...
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... operation as required . Glass rod was made in exactly the same way , except that the gathering was on a solid iron . Drawing tubes by hand was highly skilled work , but by varying the size and shape of the job , and by regulating the ...
... operation as required . Glass rod was made in exactly the same way , except that the gathering was on a solid iron . Drawing tubes by hand was highly skilled work , but by varying the size and shape of the job , and by regulating the ...
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... operations required for this method . A D B 130 140 20 150 10 60 The construction of the first machines for dividing did not ... operation . Meanwhile the progress in the optical qualities of telescopes , the improvement in manufacturing ...
... operations required for this method . A D B 130 140 20 150 10 60 The construction of the first machines for dividing did not ... operation . Meanwhile the progress in the optical qualities of telescopes , the improvement in manufacturing ...
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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