A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... Roman Empire and the long - established use of human power for the grinding of corn was discouraged . Although technological progress was severely handicapped after the disintegra- tion of the Roman Empire , the number of watermills ...
... Roman Empire and the long - established use of human power for the grinding of corn was discouraged . Although technological progress was severely handicapped after the disintegra- tion of the Roman Empire , the number of watermills ...
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... Roman Empire led to a general dissipation of the accumu- lated wealth and craft experience of the ancient world . Zones of high craft - skills of the Roman Empire are , as it were , separated from the technology of medieval and modern ...
... Roman Empire led to a general dissipation of the accumu- lated wealth and craft experience of the ancient world . Zones of high craft - skills of the Roman Empire are , as it were , separated from the technology of medieval and modern ...
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... Roman times to supervise slave labour , but it is not fully known in what form technical secrets were handed on within this managing class . Notwithstanding their relative prosperity , such technites did not enjoy full civic rights ...
... Roman times to supervise slave labour , but it is not fully known in what form technical secrets were handed on within this managing class . Notwithstanding their relative prosperity , such technites did not enjoy full civic rights ...
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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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