A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... showed that the best effect was obtained when the velocity of the wheel's circum- ference was a little more than 3 ft in a second ; and hence it became a general rule to make the speed of the overshot water - wheels at their circumfer ...
... showed that the best effect was obtained when the velocity of the wheel's circum- ference was a little more than 3 ft in a second ; and hence it became a general rule to make the speed of the overshot water - wheels at their circumfer ...
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... showed the way to experimental investigation , and if the results to which it led proved to be inconsistent it always allowed room for adjustment . We may take a few examples . At that time , water was the only known compound of oxygen ...
... showed the way to experimental investigation , and if the results to which it led proved to be inconsistent it always allowed room for adjustment . We may take a few examples . At that time , water was the only known compound of oxygen ...
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... showed that water could be split up into hydrogen and oxygen by the passage of an electric current through it . In the following Septem- ber the German scientist Ritter effected an electrolytic copper - plating , and a little later ...
... showed that water could be split up into hydrogen and oxygen by the passage of an electric current through it . In the following Septem- ber the German scientist Ritter effected an electrolytic copper - plating , and a little later ...
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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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