A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1954 |
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... supply to a com- pany in 1819 , for the sum of £ 30 000 . In 1840 a Select Committee of the House of Commons was appointed to in- quire into the supply of water to large towns and populous districts in England and Wales . Reference was ...
... supply to a com- pany in 1819 , for the sum of £ 30 000 . In 1840 a Select Committee of the House of Commons was appointed to in- quire into the supply of water to large towns and populous districts in England and Wales . Reference was ...
Page 497
... supply on the European continent followed a pat- tern similar to that experienced in England , and in some instances British prac- tice was introduced and British capital employed . In ... supply of SANITARY ENGINEERING : WATER - SUPPLY 497.
... supply on the European continent followed a pat- tern similar to that experienced in England , and in some instances British prac- tice was introduced and British capital employed . In ... supply of SANITARY ENGINEERING : WATER - SUPPLY 497.
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... supply which is in use at the present time , the supply for public services being obtained from the Seine and the Ourcq canal , and the domestic supply from distant springs . Germany in 1770 already possessed about 140 central ...
... supply which is in use at the present time , the supply for public services being obtained from the Seine and the Ourcq canal , and the domestic supply from distant springs . Germany in 1770 already possessed about 140 central ...
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