A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
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... STEAM - ENGINE TO 1830 by the late H. W. DICKINSON 100 Otto von Guericke ( demonstration ) . From O. VON GUERICKE . Experimenta nova , fig . 11. Amsterdam , 1672 169 101 Savery's ' Miner's Friend ' . After J. FAREY . ' A Treatise on the ...
... STEAM - ENGINE TO 1830 by the late H. W. DICKINSON 100 Otto von Guericke ( demonstration ) . From O. VON GUERICKE . Experimenta nova , fig . 11. Amsterdam , 1672 169 101 Savery's ' Miner's Friend ' . After J. FAREY . ' A Treatise on the ...
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... Hence the improvement of the steam - engine in the early nineteenth century was slow ( figure 99 ) . By 1820 Birmingham had only 60 engines with ' 1000 total steam - power in horses ' . In 1835 Lancashire THE STEAM - ENGINE AS A PRIME MOVER ...
... Hence the improvement of the steam - engine in the early nineteenth century was slow ( figure 99 ) . By 1820 Birmingham had only 60 engines with ' 1000 total steam - power in horses ' . In 1835 Lancashire THE STEAM - ENGINE AS A PRIME MOVER ...
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Charles Joseph Singer. steam - power in horses ' . In 1835 Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire had 1369 steam ... engine . By 1850 it had multi- plied by 20 , reaching 60 000 000 tons , for by then the steam - engine was dominat ...
Charles Joseph Singer. steam - power in horses ' . In 1835 Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire had 1369 steam ... engine . By 1850 it had multi- plied by 20 , reaching 60 000 000 tons , for by then the steam - engine was dominat ...
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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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