A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... showed the way to experimental investigation , and if the results to which it led proved to be inconsistent it always allowed room for adjustment . We may take a few examples . At that time , water was the only known compound of oxygen ...
... showed the way to experimental investigation , and if the results to which it led proved to be inconsistent it always allowed room for adjustment . We may take a few examples . At that time , water was the only known compound of oxygen ...
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... showed that water could be split up into hydrogen and oxygen by the passage of an electric current through it . In the following Septem- ber the German scientist Ritter effected an electrolytic copper - plating , and a little later ...
... showed that water could be split up into hydrogen and oxygen by the passage of an electric current through it . In the following Septem- ber the German scientist Ritter effected an electrolytic copper - plating , and a little later ...
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... showed in 1791 that contact between metals and animal tissues often produced muscular contractions which seemed to be of an electrical origin ; Volta showed that the effect was due to the generation of electricity arising from the ...
... showed in 1791 that contact between metals and animal tissues often produced muscular contractions which seemed to be of an electrical origin ; Volta showed that the effect was due to the generation of electricity arising from the ...
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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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