A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
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... bridges were Waterloo bridge , London - completed in 1817- ( figures 252 , 253 B ) and the present London Bridge ( figure 253 A ) , which in 1831 took the place of the medieval bridge . The foundations of these bridges were on piles ...
... bridges were Waterloo bridge , London - completed in 1817- ( figures 252 , 253 B ) and the present London Bridge ( figure 253 A ) , which in 1831 took the place of the medieval bridge . The foundations of these bridges were on piles ...
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Charles Joseph Singer. While Southwark bridge was still under construction several suspension bridges were erected in ... bridge , of 580 ft span , to carry the Holyhead road across the Menai Straits . FIGURE 256 - Telford's Menai bridge ...
Charles Joseph Singer. While Southwark bridge was still under construction several suspension bridges were erected in ... bridge , of 580 ft span , to carry the Holyhead road across the Menai Straits . FIGURE 256 - Telford's Menai bridge ...
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... bridge to pieces in a few years . By the use of stiffening girders , which , however , sacri- ficed some of the lightness that was the outstanding merit of this type of bridge , such a defect could be mitigated , but for railway work ...
... bridge to pieces in a few years . By the use of stiffening girders , which , however , sacri- ficed some of the lightness that was the outstanding merit of this type of bridge , such a defect could be mitigated , but for railway work ...
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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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