A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
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... French scientist R. A. F. de Réaumur in 1722. In the English iron industry the use of remelting furnaces began about 1702 . The furnace was an improved form of a rever- beratory furnace , in which the iron did not come into immediate ...
... French scientist R. A. F. de Réaumur in 1722. In the English iron industry the use of remelting furnaces began about 1702 . The furnace was an improved form of a rever- beratory furnace , in which the iron did not come into immediate ...
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... French chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier ( 1743–94 ) acted as consultant on the Paris water - supply , on the production of gunpowder in the French arsenal , on prisons , on balloons , and on the hospitals of Paris . He was also ...
... French chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier ( 1743–94 ) acted as consultant on the Paris water - supply , on the production of gunpowder in the French arsenal , on prisons , on balloons , and on the hospitals of Paris . He was also ...
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... French gunsmith , 437-8 . Lebon , Philippe ( 1767-1804 ) , engineer , and gas , 258 , 261-5 , 275 . Lee , George ( c 1804 ) , cotton manufacturer , 266 . See also Phillips . Leeghwater , Jan Adriaanszoon ( 1575-1650 ) , hydraulic ...
... French gunsmith , 437-8 . Lebon , Philippe ( 1767-1804 ) , engineer , and gas , 258 , 261-5 , 275 . Lee , George ( c 1804 ) , cotton manufacturer , 266 . See also Phillips . Leeghwater , Jan Adriaanszoon ( 1575-1650 ) , hydraulic ...
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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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