A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
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Charles Joseph Singer. 8 PART I THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY : DEVELOPMENTS IN CHEMICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE F E. J. HOLMYARD ROM about the middle of the eighteenth century the chemical industry came to play an increasingly important role in ...
Charles Joseph Singer. 8 PART I THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY : DEVELOPMENTS IN CHEMICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE F E. J. HOLMYARD ROM about the middle of the eighteenth century the chemical industry came to play an increasingly important role in ...
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... chemical theory as existed was sterile if not actually an obstacle to progress . Then a change began , at first slowly but later with gathering speed , and the foundations of the modern ... Chemical Composition 228 THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY.
... chemical theory as existed was sterile if not actually an obstacle to progress . Then a change began , at first slowly but later with gathering speed , and the foundations of the modern ... Chemical Composition 228 THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY.
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... Chemical Industry in Widnes . ' Imperial Chemical Indus- tries , Liverpool . 1950 . HEAVISIDES , M. " The True History of the Invention of the Lucifer Match , by John Walker , of Stockton - on - Tees , 1827. ' Heavisides , Stockton - on ...
... Chemical Industry in Widnes . ' Imperial Chemical Indus- tries , Liverpool . 1950 . HEAVISIDES , M. " The True History of the Invention of the Lucifer Match , by John Walker , of Stockton - on - Tees , 1827. ' Heavisides , Stockton - on ...
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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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