A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... took place in following years . That these districts did not suffer from intolerable in- dustrial pollution may be attributed to the fortunate invention in 1836 of a means of absorbing the offending hydrogen chloride . This was the ...
... took place in following years . That these districts did not suffer from intolerable in- dustrial pollution may be attributed to the fortunate invention in 1836 of a means of absorbing the offending hydrogen chloride . This was the ...
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... took place chiefly in Germany and France , and , since they brought about a considerable reduction in the price of silk goods , the British silk industry suffered a serious decline . Lack of technical knowledge of the pro- cesses of ...
... took place chiefly in Germany and France , and , since they brought about a considerable reduction in the price of silk goods , the British silk industry suffered a serious decline . Lack of technical knowledge of the pro- cesses of ...
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... took action against the Elers and three of the Wedg- woods . Two of Dwight's notebooks , covering experiments from 1689-98 , were discovered at Fulham in 1869. Thomas Heath of Lane Delph is also said to have made the suggestion before ...
... took action against the Elers and three of the Wedg- woods . Two of Dwight's notebooks , covering experiments from 1689-98 , were discovered at Fulham in 1869. Thomas Heath of Lane Delph is also said to have made the suggestion before ...
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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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