A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
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... became so great that the battlefields of Europe are said to have been searched for material . Late in the 1820s the first cargo of Peruvian guano arrived , to be followed not much later by shipments of Chilean nitrate . These were ...
... became so great that the battlefields of Europe are said to have been searched for material . Late in the 1820s the first cargo of Peruvian guano arrived , to be followed not much later by shipments of Chilean nitrate . These were ...
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... became known throughout Europe as monteiths , after Henry Monteith , who acquired Dalmarnock from Macintosh . In addition to the introduction of new dye - wares , mechanical and chemical invention added to the variety of textiles ...
... became known throughout Europe as monteiths , after Henry Monteith , who acquired Dalmarnock from Macintosh . In addition to the introduction of new dye - wares , mechanical and chemical invention added to the variety of textiles ...
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... became popular . It was susceptible to changes in gas - pressure and was inclined to smoke when badly adjusted ; it was expensive ; and its glass chimney made it difficult to maintain ( figure 147 ) . By 1823 three rival chartered ...
... became popular . It was susceptible to changes in gas - pressure and was inclined to smoke when badly adjusted ; it was expensive ; and its glass chimney made it difficult to maintain ( figure 147 ) . By 1823 three rival chartered ...
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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