A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
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... Mines and Miners ; or Underground Life ' ( trans . , adapt . and ed . by H. W. BRISTOW ) , fig . 123. London , 1869. D. E. Woodall 36 Winze - shaft in a Cornish mine . From L. SIMONIN . Ibid . , fig . 108 37 Working by descending levels ...
... Mines and Miners ; or Underground Life ' ( trans . , adapt . and ed . by H. W. BRISTOW ) , fig . 123. London , 1869. D. E. Woodall 36 Winze - shaft in a Cornish mine . From L. SIMONIN . Ibid . , fig . 108 37 Working by descending levels ...
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... mines has never been so important as in coal - mines , because veins of metal ore tend to be more or less vertical and do not extend horizontally for great distances . Exceptions are the sedimentary gold - mines of the Transvaal , the ...
... mines has never been so important as in coal - mines , because veins of metal ore tend to be more or less vertical and do not extend horizontally for great distances . Exceptions are the sedimentary gold - mines of the Transvaal , the ...
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... mines , Corn- wall , in 1781 , the consumption of coal was reduced from 19 000 tons a year to 6100 tons . This represented a yearly saving of £ 10 830 , at the price of coal then ruling . By 1798 there were forty - five Boulton and Watt ...
... mines , Corn- wall , in 1781 , the consumption of coal was reduced from 19 000 tons a year to 6100 tons . This represented a yearly saving of £ 10 830 , at the price of coal then ruling . By 1798 there were forty - five Boulton and Watt ...
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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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