A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... similar machine could be worked by compressed air ; a single- acting pneumatic drill is shown in figure 34. In the United States , Fowle pro- duced a similar steam - operated drill , but the modern prototype , the Ingersoll drill , was ...
... similar machine could be worked by compressed air ; a single- acting pneumatic drill is shown in figure 34. In the United States , Fowle pro- duced a similar steam - operated drill , but the modern prototype , the Ingersoll drill , was ...
Page 255
... similar balloon . The connexion with sulphuric acid was that the acid was used to generate the hydrogen required to inflate the large envelopes which were the means of the first practical conquest of the air ( vol V , ch 17 ) . I ...
... similar balloon . The connexion with sulphuric acid was that the acid was used to generate the hydrogen required to inflate the large envelopes which were the means of the first practical conquest of the air ( vol V , ch 17 ) . I ...
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... similar distance by conventional locking . Navigation - works at this time were of several types . The simplest were con- cerned with improving the bed of a river which , either because of rapids or owing to silting , was unsuitable for ...
... similar distance by conventional locking . Navigation - works at this time were of several types . The simplest were con- cerned with improving the bed of a river which , either because of rapids or owing to silting , was unsuitable for ...
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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