A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... plane surfaces . The accuracy of the product of a machine - tool is therefore determined by the accuracy of its plane guiding - surfaces . Another essential element of machine - tool construction is the screw , since it translates a ...
... plane surfaces . The accuracy of the product of a machine - tool is therefore determined by the accuracy of its plane guiding - surfaces . Another essential element of machine - tool construction is the screw , since it translates a ...
Page 549
... plane running down to the pound below it , and descending on a gradient of 1 in 10 or 1 in 12. A 79 - ft barge with a load of up to 30 tons was taken into the lock , and when the pen was emptied it came to settle on a trolley running on ...
... plane running down to the pound below it , and descending on a gradient of 1 in 10 or 1 in 12. A 79 - ft barge with a load of up to 30 tons was taken into the lock , and when the pen was emptied it came to settle on a trolley running on ...
Page 569
... plane using this method was built at Hobbacott Down on the Bude canal . larger craft . The first incline , at Ketley in Shropshire ( plate 48 c ) , began work in 1788 , and the last , at Trench not far away , was closed in 1922. These ...
... plane using this method was built at Hobbacott Down on the Bude canal . larger craft . The first incline , at Ketley in Shropshire ( plate 48 c ) , began work in 1788 , and the last , at Trench not far away , was closed in 1922. These ...
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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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