A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... Coalbrookdale works in Shropshire . Darby's success was in part based on the nature of the clod coal found near the surface at Coalbrookdale . It contains a very low proportion of sulphur , the presence of which had been the principal ...
... Coalbrookdale works in Shropshire . Darby's success was in part based on the nature of the clod coal found near the surface at Coalbrookdale . It contains a very low proportion of sulphur , the presence of which had been the principal ...
Page 100
... Coalbrookdale . It is , therefore , not surprising that in the early years smelting with coke was confined to Coalbrookdale and a very limited number of furnaces outside the area , and that in all these furnaces coke was used only ...
... Coalbrookdale . It is , therefore , not surprising that in the early years smelting with coke was confined to Coalbrookdale and a very limited number of furnaces outside the area , and that in all these furnaces coke was used only ...
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... Coalbrookdale , Shropshire , 99-102 , 105-6 , 162 , 179 , 188 , 235 , 355 , 455 , 457-8 , 569 . Coalport , see Coalbrookdale . Cobridge , Staffordshire , 349 , 353- Colchester , Essex , 648 . Cologne , Germany , 212 . Colombia , South ...
... Coalbrookdale , Shropshire , 99-102 , 105-6 , 162 , 179 , 188 , 235 , 355 , 455 , 457-8 , 569 . Coalport , see Coalbrookdale . Cobridge , Staffordshire , 349 , 353- Colchester , Essex , 648 . Cologne , Germany , 212 . Colombia , South ...
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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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