A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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Page 286
... on iron drums which moved at the speed of the front drawing - rollers and carried the bobbins round , the change in their cir- cumference being provided for as in the lap - machine. 286 THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY : COTTON , FLAX , WOOL.
... on iron drums which moved at the speed of the front drawing - rollers and carried the bobbins round , the change in their cir- cumference being provided for as in the lap - machine. 286 THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY : COTTON , FLAX , WOOL.
Page 384
... front of the fixed tool , or conversely the tool moved in front of the part . In the first model , the fusee was given the shape of a cone by inclined guides in the form of very flat isosceles triangles . The feed of the tool , which ...
... front of the fixed tool , or conversely the tool moved in front of the part . In the first model , the fusee was given the shape of a cone by inclined guides in the form of very flat isosceles triangles . The feed of the tool , which ...
Page 397
... front of a graduated scale a pointer whose position was read through a microscope . The apparatus was accurate to 0.00008 in . Under the direction of J. C. de Borda ( 1733-99 ) and Lavoisier , Lenoir made rules for measuring the bases ...
... front of a graduated scale a pointer whose position was read through a microscope . The apparatus was accurate to 0.00008 in . Under the direction of J. C. de Borda ( 1733-99 ) and Lavoisier , Lenoir made rules for measuring the bases ...
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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