A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1954 |
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... century , but it is very doubtful whether it was read by the peasants . They had their ideas , but did not derive ... nineteenth century . The plains of Piedmont and Lombardy were famous for their farming in the mid - nineteenth century ...
... century , but it is very doubtful whether it was read by the peasants . They had their ideas , but did not derive ... nineteenth century . The plains of Piedmont and Lombardy were famous for their farming in the mid - nineteenth century ...
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... nineteenth century , northern whaling steadily declined , for Greenland whales were becoming scarce , and towards the end of the century it was only the high value of the whalebone that kept it going . The passing of the crinoline ...
... nineteenth century , northern whaling steadily declined , for Greenland whales were becoming scarce , and towards the end of the century it was only the high value of the whalebone that kept it going . The passing of the crinoline ...
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... nineteenth century ) , manufacturer of sulphuric acid , 245 . Beaumont , J. B. A. L. L. Élie de ( 1798-1874 ) ... century ) , glass - maker , 369 . Bessel , F. W. ( 1784-1846 ) , astronomer , 601 . Besson , Jacques ( c 1573 ) , author of ...
... nineteenth century ) , manufacturer of sulphuric acid , 245 . Beaumont , J. B. A. L. L. Élie de ( 1798-1874 ) ... century ) , glass - maker , 369 . Bessel , F. W. ( 1784-1846 ) , astronomer , 601 . Besson , Jacques ( c 1573 ) , author of ...
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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 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