A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... Practical and Analytical as Applied and Relating to the Arts and Manufactures ' , Vol . 1 , fig . 137. London , [ 1853–61 ] . D. E. Woodall 71 Smelting lead . After J. PERCY . ' Metallurgy ' , Vol . 3 : ' Metallurgy of Lead ' , fig . 93 ...
... Practical and Analytical as Applied and Relating to the Arts and Manufactures ' , Vol . 1 , fig . 137. London , [ 1853–61 ] . D. E. Woodall 71 Smelting lead . After J. PERCY . ' Metallurgy ' , Vol . 3 : ' Metallurgy of Lead ' , fig . 93 ...
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... practical aims . From the days of Stevin ( 1548-1620 ) and Galileo ( 1564-1642 ) the science of mechanics yielded fresh understanding of machines , particularly when , in the eighteenth century , mathematics came to be constantly ...
... practical aims . From the days of Stevin ( 1548-1620 ) and Galileo ( 1564-1642 ) the science of mechanics yielded fresh understanding of machines , particularly when , in the eighteenth century , mathematics came to be constantly ...
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... practical use . Nevertheless he was the first to employ steam to move a piston in a cylinder , and to indicate a cycle of operations afterwards put to practical effect by Newcomen . II . SAVERY ( 1650 ? -1715 ) , NEWCOMEN ( 1663-1729 ) ...
... practical use . Nevertheless he was the first to employ steam to move a piston in a cylinder , and to indicate a cycle of operations afterwards put to practical effect by Newcomen . II . SAVERY ( 1650 ? -1715 ) , NEWCOMEN ( 1663-1729 ) ...
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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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