A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... widely as the sulphide , galena , but also as sulphate , carbonate , phosphate , chloride , and other forms . Throughout this period , however , it was smelted chiefly from galena . In the nineteenth century several methods , tradi ...
... widely as the sulphide , galena , but also as sulphate , carbonate , phosphate , chloride , and other forms . Throughout this period , however , it was smelted chiefly from galena . In the nineteenth century several methods , tradi ...
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... widely in France than in most parts of England , where opposition to it was strenuously main- tained until the great depression of 1816. The first rotary machine was invented by an American , Samuel Dorr , and patented in England in ...
... widely in France than in most parts of England , where opposition to it was strenuously main- tained until the great depression of 1816. The first rotary machine was invented by an American , Samuel Dorr , and patented in England in ...
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... widely used instead of lime as the basis of a plaster for walls and ceilings was made by driving off part , but not the whole , of the water combined with calcium sulphate in the mineral gypsum . Beds of this material were worked in the ...
... widely used instead of lime as the basis of a plaster for walls and ceilings was made by driving off part , but not the whole , of the water combined with calcium sulphate in the mineral gypsum . Beds of this material were worked in the ...
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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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