A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... built mainly of timber , had been built on the rock , but the first was destroyed by the exceptionally severe gales that swept along the south - west coast of England in November 1703 , spreading havoc and desolation , and the second by ...
... built mainly of timber , had been built on the rock , but the first was destroyed by the exceptionally severe gales that swept along the south - west coast of England in November 1703 , spreading havoc and desolation , and the second by ...
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... built in masonry and was 118 ft high . Some masonry dams for irrigation reservoirs were built in Spain in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries . An example is the old Puentes dam , constructed in 1785-91 across the river Guadalentin ...
... built in masonry and was 118 ft high . Some masonry dams for irrigation reservoirs were built in Spain in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries . An example is the old Puentes dam , constructed in 1785-91 across the river Guadalentin ...
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... built in Austria . The first English concrete road was constructed in 1865. In 1872 the first concrete road in Scotland was built in Edinburgh ; France followed four years later with one at Grenoble . In 1887 the Blücher Platz at ...
... built in Austria . The first English concrete road was constructed in 1865. In 1872 the first concrete road in Scotland was built in Edinburgh ; France followed four years later with one at Grenoble . In 1887 the Blücher Platz at ...
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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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