A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... mechanical power to drive corn - mills , fulling - mills , and forges . These were widely used by an agricultural population to supply them- selves with bread , woollen cloth , and iron , the main requirements of a com- munity where ...
... mechanical power to drive corn - mills , fulling - mills , and forges . These were widely used by an agricultural population to supply them- selves with bread , woollen cloth , and iron , the main requirements of a com- munity where ...
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... mechanical parts of these instruments and their general arrangement . Thanks to the improvement in methods , the construction of large instruments made considerable progress in the period between the middle of the eighteenth century and ...
... mechanical parts of these instruments and their general arrangement . Thanks to the improvement in methods , the construction of large instruments made considerable progress in the period between the middle of the eighteenth century and ...
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... mechanical improvements made during this period in instruments for geodesy . Among these we shall mention only the graphometer , in which the telescope was substituted fairly late for the sighted alidade . This substitution involved a ...
... mechanical improvements made during this period in instruments for geodesy . Among these we shall mention only the graphometer , in which the telescope was substituted fairly late for the sighted alidade . This substitution involved a ...
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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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