A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
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Page 442
... building . In 1666 he persuaded the king to found the Académie des Sciences , and in 1671 the Académie de l'Architecture . In 1672 ... BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION S B HAMILTON, O B E , Building Research Station, Watford.
... building . In 1666 he persuaded the king to found the Académie des Sciences , and in 1671 the Académie de l'Architecture . In 1672 ... BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION S B HAMILTON, O B E , Building Research Station, Watford.
Page 520
... building is a police ordinance of the Jülich - Berg ( western Germany ) district , of 1554. It states that timber , stones , and faggots found along the road could be used for repairs . It lays some stress on drainage by ditches , and ...
... building is a police ordinance of the Jülich - Berg ( western Germany ) district , of 1554. It states that timber , stones , and faggots found along the road could be used for repairs . It lays some stress on drainage by ditches , and ...
Page 529
... building was stimulated by the Austrian authori- ties . In the north , brick roads were often made , for the Dutch cities had already long been paved with the ' clincards'1 that John Evelyn admired . However , orga- nized road - building ...
... building was stimulated by the Austrian authori- ties . In the north , brick roads were often made , for the Dutch cities had already long been paved with the ' clincards'1 that John Evelyn admired . However , orga- nized road - building ...
Contents
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 fallow farming figure fish France French furnace Germany glass heat horizontal 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 pipe piston plate practice produced pump river road rollers rotation Rotherham plough salt 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