A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... EXPERIMENTS At the time when John Smeaton ( 1724-92 ) was born , many industries were dependent on water - wheels for the power to drive machinery . Horse - mills were inadequate , and windmills were unsuitable for processes where ...
... EXPERIMENTS At the time when John Smeaton ( 1724-92 ) was born , many industries were dependent on water - wheels for the power to drive machinery . Horse - mills were inadequate , and windmills were unsuitable for processes where ...
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... experiments and made numerous observations concerning the life and habits of the silkworm - more correctly , the silk - caterpillar - in relation to the qualities and quantities of the silk produced by it , and their findings ...
... experiments and made numerous observations concerning the life and habits of the silkworm - more correctly , the silk - caterpillar - in relation to the qualities and quantities of the silk produced by it , and their findings ...
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... experiments that he was carrying out on another subject , he constructed a large ball of sulphur that could be rotated on a spindle . Pressing his bare hand against the ball as it revolved , he observed that it became strongly ...
... experiments that he was carrying out on another subject , he constructed a large ball of sulphur that could be rotated on a spindle . Pressing his bare hand against the ball as it revolved , he observed that it became strongly ...
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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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