A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1954 |
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... completed in 1757. Finally clock No 4 was completed in 1759 [ 28 ] : only this last one was tested at sea . The responsible authorities in England ( the Board of Longitude ) demanded numerous trials , and caused the clock - maker Larcum ...
... completed in 1757. Finally clock No 4 was completed in 1759 [ 28 ] : only this last one was tested at sea . The responsible authorities in England ( the Board of Longitude ) demanded numerous trials , and caused the clock - maker Larcum ...
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... completed would have vitally affected the development of both Rotterdam and Amsterdam by diverting their trade to Antwerp . As early as 1598 Spinola , the general holding the southern Netherlands for Philip II of Spain , conceived the ...
... completed would have vitally affected the development of both Rotterdam and Amsterdam by diverting their trade to Antwerp . As early as 1598 Spinola , the general holding the southern Netherlands for Philip II of Spain , conceived the ...
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... completed until 1807. Another important chain was that between London and Plymouth , completed during the summer of 1806 . The first visual telegraph , on the semaphore principle , in the United States was built in 1800 by Jonathan ...
... completed until 1807. Another important chain was that between London and Plymouth , completed during the summer of 1806 . The first visual telegraph , on the semaphore principle , in the United States was built in 1800 by Jonathan ...
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 blast-furnace 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 husbandry Ibid important improved inches increased industrial revolution industry 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