A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... remains after reeling , damaged cocoons which will not unwind continuously , and the ordinary processing - wastes resulting from silk - throwing and so on , which is described as ' waste ' silk . Given suitable preparation , how- ever ...
... remains after reeling , damaged cocoons which will not unwind continuously , and the ordinary processing - wastes resulting from silk - throwing and so on , which is described as ' waste ' silk . Given suitable preparation , how- ever ...
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... remains to say something about decoration in metals , particularly gilding — an indispensable adjunct to the production of many fine ceramic products . By far the most important of the decorative metals was gold . It was first used in ...
... remains to say something about decoration in metals , particularly gilding — an indispensable adjunct to the production of many fine ceramic products . By far the most important of the decorative metals was gold . It was first used in ...
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Charles Singer. the remains of a boring - mill of the Smeaton type . Here the cylinder was mounted on a truck which could be moved along rails , and was fed over a rotat- ing cutter - head . The weight of the cutter caused it to cut ...
Charles Singer. the remains of a boring - mill of the Smeaton type . Here the cylinder was mounted on a truck which could be moved along rails , and was fed over a rotat- ing cutter - head . The weight of the cutter caused it to cut ...
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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