A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1954 |
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... ships , which were typical of the smaller European mer- chant ships of the day , shows that such vessels , well found and competently handled , were generally ... ships were those trading with the east PERFORMANCE AND TYPES OF SHIP 575.
... ships , which were typical of the smaller European mer- chant ships of the day , shows that such vessels , well found and competently handled , were generally ... ships were those trading with the east PERFORMANCE AND TYPES OF SHIP 575.
Page 576
... ships . The ships of the Royal Navy were administratively divided into six rates , according to size and armament . The first three rates were deemed suitable for the line of battle . British ships were usually built a little smaller ...
... ships . The ships of the Royal Navy were administratively divided into six rates , according to size and armament . The first three rates were deemed suitable for the line of battle . British ships were usually built a little smaller ...
Page 592
... ships was being undertaken on each side of the Atlantic even before the repeal of the Navigation Acts in 1849. Tea ... ship Caliph , launched in 1865 , had wire standing - 592 SHIP - BUILDING.
... ships was being undertaken on each side of the Atlantic even before the repeal of the Navigation Acts in 1849. Tea ... ship Caliph , launched in 1865 , had wire standing - 592 SHIP - BUILDING.
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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