A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
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... consisted of a rectangular trough along which straw was moved by hand . As the straw reached the end of the trough ... consisting of a lever hinged to a trestle , appeared after 1800. This implement acted by downward pressure of the ...
... consisted of a rectangular trough along which straw was moved by hand . As the straw reached the end of the trough ... consisting of a lever hinged to a trestle , appeared after 1800. This implement acted by downward pressure of the ...
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... consisted in steeping the cocoons for three or four days , with frequent changes of water , boiling half an hour in a ley of ashes , straining , washing , and drying in the sun . The combing or dressing operation consisted in passing ...
... consisted in steeping the cocoons for three or four days , with frequent changes of water , boiling half an hour in a ley of ashes , straining , washing , and drying in the sun . The combing or dressing operation consisted in passing ...
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... consisted in the discovery by constant experiment of new bodies , new glazes , and new methods of decoration ; a greater division of labour , a growth of the factory and a development of methods of control , i.e. the beginning of ...
... consisted in the discovery by constant experiment of new bodies , new glazes , and new methods of decoration ; a greater division of labour , a growth of the factory and a development of methods of control , i.e. the beginning of ...
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