A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... solid fat extensively used in the manufacture of margarine and soap . The oil is extracted partly from the thick heat- insulating coating of blubber that envelops the whale's body beneath the skin , partly from the bones , and partly ...
... solid fat extensively used in the manufacture of margarine and soap . The oil is extracted partly from the thick heat- insulating coating of blubber that envelops the whale's body beneath the skin , partly from the bones , and partly ...
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... solid Peak stones , quarried in Derbyshire ; ( b ) French burr stones , produced from French quarries in small blocks which were cemented together with plaster of Paris to form the required size ; and ( c ) blue stones or cullin stones ...
... solid Peak stones , quarried in Derbyshire ; ( b ) French burr stones , produced from French quarries in small blocks which were cemented together with plaster of Paris to form the required size ; and ( c ) blue stones or cullin stones ...
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... solid ancient Roman roads . FIGURE 294 - Palladio's plan of a road . The centre , for pedestrians , was paved so that the edges of the stones met perfectly and the rain could run off . The sides , for carriages and cattle , were of sand ...
... solid ancient Roman roads . FIGURE 294 - Palladio's plan of a road . The centre , for pedestrians , was paved so that the edges of the stones met perfectly and the rain could run off . The sides , for carriages and cattle , were of sand ...
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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