A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
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... original sketch . From J. NASMYTH . ' An Autobiography ' ( ed . by S. SMILES ) , p . 241. London , 1883 24C Roberts's original self - acting back - geared lathe . Crown Copyright . Science Museum , London 25A Maudslay's original screw ...
... original sketch . From J. NASMYTH . ' An Autobiography ' ( ed . by S. SMILES ) , p . 241. London , 1883 24C Roberts's original self - acting back - geared lathe . Crown Copyright . Science Museum , London 25A Maudslay's original screw ...
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... original strength of the flax . Since the spinning was done while the fibre was soft , the rollers were placed nearer to each other , as in cotton - spinning , to support the short filaments . This lost Kay the action which he brought ...
... original strength of the flax . Since the spinning was done while the fibre was soft , the rollers were placed nearer to each other , as in cotton - spinning , to support the short filaments . This lost Kay the action which he brought ...
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Charles Joseph Singer. C. Roberts's original self - acting back - geared lathe , 1817. ( p 428 ) A. Maudslay's original screw - cutting lathe , c 1800. The Drignial Drawond of my Steam Honumen out out from my Stone Book Love 28.1865 78 ...
Charles Joseph Singer. C. Roberts's original self - acting back - geared lathe , 1817. ( p 428 ) A. Maudslay's original screw - cutting lathe , c 1800. The Drignial Drawond of my Steam Honumen out out from my Stone Book Love 28.1865 78 ...
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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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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