A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... developed elsewhere . Tarelli , a Venetian , recommended the cultivation of fodder crops in the sixteenth century , and in the eighteenth a four - course rotation was said to be already old - established in part of Italy . This was ...
... developed elsewhere . Tarelli , a Venetian , recommended the cultivation of fodder crops in the sixteenth century , and in the eighteenth a four - course rotation was said to be already old - established in part of Italy . This was ...
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... developed ; this is technically known as the longwall method ( figure 47 ) . When the mines were shallow , or where the LEVEL coal was thick , clean , and strong , this system was not used , and it did not come into common use elsewhere ...
... developed ; this is technically known as the longwall method ( figure 47 ) . When the mines were shallow , or where the LEVEL coal was thick , clean , and strong , this system was not used , and it did not come into common use elsewhere ...
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... developed as it did without gas - light . So great was the impetus created by the rapid success of the early companies , that England became responsible for many of the installations on the continent of Europe and in America . An ...
... developed as it did without gas - light . So great was the impetus created by the rapid success of the early companies , that England became responsible for many of the installations on the continent of Europe and in America . An ...
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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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