A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... wood on land and sea is obvious , but by - products of wood , particularly tar and pitch , were also essential to a maritime nation . Wood was also frequently the only fuel available . In domestic grates the substitution of coal gave ...
... wood on land and sea is obvious , but by - products of wood , particularly tar and pitch , were also essential to a maritime nation . Wood was also frequently the only fuel available . In domestic grates the substitution of coal gave ...
Page 437
... wood - planing machine for Woolwich Arsenal , and this was in use for fifty years . The wood to be planed was placed on carriages which ran on rails 40 ft long . The carriages were moved backwards and forwards by an endless chain which ...
... wood - planing machine for Woolwich Arsenal , and this was in use for fifty years . The wood to be planed was placed on carriages which ran on rails 40 ft long . The carriages were moved backwards and forwards by an endless chain which ...
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... Wood - paving came from Russia , where Gourief first used wooden pavement- M GUP blocks in St Petersburg about 1820 ( plate 33 C ) . In 1836 he wrote a book on them , in which they are described as hexagonal blocks laid and washed in ...
... Wood - paving came from Russia , where Gourief first used wooden pavement- M GUP blocks in St Petersburg about 1820 ( plate 33 C ) . In 1836 he wrote a book on them , in which they are described as hexagonal blocks laid and washed in ...
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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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