A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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Page 521
... describing the interaction of wheel , the ' destructor ' , and road , the ' resistor ' . Tog- lietta describes the construction of cobble pavements , but favours a foundation of gravel carrying a road surface of stone , sand , and ...
... describing the interaction of wheel , the ' destructor ' , and road , the ' resistor ' . Tog- lietta describes the construction of cobble pavements , but favours a foundation of gravel carrying a road surface of stone , sand , and ...
Page 620
... describe with much greater precision the topographical elements of loca- tion , direction , distance , extent , and altitude . Of the general atlases which , con- tinuously revised from contemporary sources , served as an index to the ...
... describe with much greater precision the topographical elements of loca- tion , direction , distance , extent , and altitude . Of the general atlases which , con- tinuously revised from contemporary sources , served as an index to the ...
Page 648
... describe here the remarkable series of experiments carried out by Stephen Gray , a pensioner of the Charterhouse , between 1720 and his death in 1736 , but his discovery of the basic principles of electrical conduction and insulation in ...
... describe here the remarkable series of experiments carried out by Stephen Gray , a pensioner of the Charterhouse , between 1720 and his death in 1736 , but his discovery of the basic principles of electrical conduction and insulation in ...
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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