A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... respect was undoubtedly the Domesday Survey , begun in 1080 and completed in 1086. In this were recorded over 5000 corn - mills , mostly south and east of the rivers Trent and Severn . The mills were probably of both types , Norse and ...
... respect was undoubtedly the Domesday Survey , begun in 1080 and completed in 1086. In this were recorded over 5000 corn - mills , mostly south and east of the rivers Trent and Severn . The mills were probably of both types , Norse and ...
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... respect the introduction of William Dickinson's ' overpick ' or Blackburn loom in 1826 marked a step forward . Among other inventions it is possible to mention here only those relating to the two points in which Roberts's loom was ...
... respect the introduction of William Dickinson's ' overpick ' or Blackburn loom in 1826 marked a step forward . Among other inventions it is possible to mention here only those relating to the two points in which Roberts's loom was ...
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... respect of his share of the royalties for newly laid lines , whereas in the following year he received £ 2775 . The telegraph had as yet attracted little public notice , but in 1845 there occurred an incident that strikingly ...
... respect of his share of the royalties for newly laid lines , whereas in the following year he received £ 2775 . The telegraph had as yet attracted little public notice , but in 1845 there occurred an incident that strikingly ...
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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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