A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... whales of the Arctic . On the New England and Connecticut coasts of America a similar evolution of whaling took place during the eighteenth century , but the pursuit was directed not only towards the right whales of the Arctic but ...
... whales of the Arctic . On the New England and Connecticut coasts of America a similar evolution of whaling took place during the eighteenth century , but the pursuit was directed not only towards the right whales of the Arctic but ...
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... whale - boats and their crews , but met with little success and was not extensively used . Some nineteenth - century whaling gear is shown in figure 29 . Such whaling was restricted to the few species of whale , mainly right and sperm ...
... whale - boats and their crews , but met with little success and was not extensively used . Some nineteenth - century whaling gear is shown in figure 29 . Such whaling was restricted to the few species of whale , mainly right and sperm ...
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... whaling expedition on modern lines . In 1904 he started the first Antarctic whaling - station in a sheltered cove on South Georgia . Whales were abundant and the enterprise was a great success ; it paid a dividend of 70 per cent in its ...
... whaling expedition on modern lines . In 1904 he started the first Antarctic whaling - station in a sheltered cove on South Georgia . Whales were abundant and the enterprise was a great success ; it paid a dividend of 70 per cent in its ...
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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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