A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
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... surface outcrops ; that is , the mineral deposit actually shows on the surface of the land ; ( ii ) discovery of deposits that do not show on the surface but whose possible existence can be deduced from local geological evidence . Their ...
... surface outcrops ; that is , the mineral deposit actually shows on the surface of the land ; ( ii ) discovery of deposits that do not show on the surface but whose possible existence can be deduced from local geological evidence . Their ...
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... surface at the nearest man - hole , as in figure 291 . In order to carry out repairs to the sewer it is necessary to direct the flow into an adjoining sewer . This is achieved by using a sluice known as a penstock ; it is a large iron ...
... surface at the nearest man - hole , as in figure 291 . In order to carry out repairs to the sewer it is necessary to direct the flow into an adjoining sewer . This is achieved by using a sluice known as a penstock ; it is a large iron ...
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... surface , be- came unnecessarily and wastefully deep in the middle of the road . He believed that he could reduce the depth of the road - bed to 9-10 in from side to side , which would lower the cost to less than one - half . He says ...
... surface , be- came unnecessarily and wastefully deep in the middle of the road . He believed that he could reduce the depth of the road - bed to 9-10 in from side to side , which would lower the cost to less than one - half . He says ...
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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