A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... telegraph . The Sun , 15 November 1794. Photograph . Science Museum , London . D. E. Woodall 645 346 Schilling's telegraph . ( A , C ) Crown Copyright . Science Museum , London . ( B ) After Sci . Amer . Suppl . , 16 , 6467 , fig . 12 ...
... telegraph . The Sun , 15 November 1794. Photograph . Science Museum , London . D. E. Woodall 645 346 Schilling's telegraph . ( A , C ) Crown Copyright . Science Museum , London . ( B ) After Sci . Amer . Suppl . , 16 , 6467 , fig . 12 ...
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... telegraph delayed further action , but in the following year , the directors of the Great Western railway company approved the installation of the telegraph between Paddington and West Drayton , a distance of about 13 miles . This was ...
... telegraph delayed further action , but in the following year , the directors of the Great Western railway company approved the installation of the telegraph between Paddington and West Drayton , a distance of about 13 miles . This was ...
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... Telegraph to the Year 1837. ' London . 1884 . HAMEL , J. VON . ' Historical Account of the Introduction of the Galvanic and Electro - magnetic Telegraph . ' London . 1859 . SABINE , R. ' History and Progress of the Electric Telegraph ...
... Telegraph to the Year 1837. ' London . 1884 . HAMEL , J. VON . ' Historical Account of the Introduction of the Galvanic and Electro - magnetic Telegraph . ' London . 1859 . SABINE , R. ' History and Progress of the Electric Telegraph ...
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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