A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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Page 179
... diameter of 74 in and a length of 10 ft . It weighed 6 tons and came from Coalbrookdale in Shropshire . For long after Newcomen's death the development of his engine was due to practical men , for the ' philosophers ' seem to have ...
... diameter of 74 in and a length of 10 ft . It weighed 6 tons and came from Coalbrookdale in Shropshire . For long after Newcomen's death the development of his engine was due to practical men , for the ' philosophers ' seem to have ...
Page 207
... diameter , which rotated in two bearings , the iron gudgeons or journals at each end of the axle being 8 inches in diameter by 8 in long . An iron ring was fitted tightly round the axle , and 4 iron spokes , called the cross , were let ...
... diameter , which rotated in two bearings , the iron gudgeons or journals at each end of the axle being 8 inches in diameter by 8 in long . An iron ring was fitted tightly round the axle , and 4 iron spokes , called the cross , were let ...
Page 365
... diameter , and from 6 to 12 inches in length . From this could be drawn tubing of 32 to 6 inches in outside diameter , and of lengths up to 150 ft for the smaller diameters . IV . CROWN WINDOW - GLASS The crown window - glass process ...
... diameter , and from 6 to 12 inches in length . From this could be drawn tubing of 32 to 6 inches in outside diameter , and of lengths up to 150 ft for the smaller diameters . IV . CROWN WINDOW - GLASS The crown window - glass process ...
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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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agricultural beam became Boulton Boulton and Watt bridge Britain British built canal carbon carried cast iron chemical clay coal Coalbrookdale coke construction copper crops cylinder D. E. Woodall diameter E. J. HOLMYARD early eighteenth century engine England English Europe fallow farming figure fish France French furnace glass heat horizontal husbandry Ibid important improved inches industrial revolution introduced invention inventor J. F. Horrabin John John Smeaton later lathe London machine machinery manufacture mechanical metal method mill mineral mines Newcomen Newcomen engine nineteenth century obtained operation oxide Paris patent Photograph by courtesy pipe piston plate porcelain practical produced pump river road rollers rotation Rotherham plough salt screw sewers shaft ships silk Smeaton Staffordshire steam steam-engine steel stones sulphuric acid surface telegraph tion vertical ware water-wheels watermills Watt whales wheel wooden wrought iron