A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... Boulton and Watt speak of '20 -horse engines ' , using a unit devised by Watt in 1783 , each ' horse ' being the power to lift 33 000 lb through one foot in a minute , but in fact the early engineers had great difficulty in finding a ...
... Boulton and Watt speak of '20 -horse engines ' , using a unit devised by Watt in 1783 , each ' horse ' being the power to lift 33 000 lb through one foot in a minute , but in fact the early engineers had great difficulty in finding a ...
Page 183
... Watt was granted his historic patent for ' A new Method of Lessening the Consumption of Steam and Fuel in Fire ... Boulton ( 1728-1809 ) , a leading manufacturer whose works was at Soho , near Birmingham ( plate 31 A ) . Boulton became ...
... Watt was granted his historic patent for ' A new Method of Lessening the Consumption of Steam and Fuel in Fire ... Boulton ( 1728-1809 ) , a leading manufacturer whose works was at Soho , near Birmingham ( plate 31 A ) . Boulton became ...
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... Watt ( 1736-1819 ) . Watt's development of a con- denser for the steam , separated from the cylinder in which the ... Boulton : the first com- mercially successful Boulton & Watt engine was ordered in 1776. Subsequent applications of ...
... Watt ( 1736-1819 ) . Watt's development of a con- denser for the steam , separated from the cylinder in which the ... Boulton : the first com- mercially successful Boulton & Watt engine was ordered in 1776. Subsequent applications of ...
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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