A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
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... COAL - MINING By 1750 coal - mining had become a well established industry in Britain and western Europe , and had reached its highest development on the north - east coast of England . In Britain during this period coal output rose ...
... COAL - MINING By 1750 coal - mining had become a well established industry in Britain and western Europe , and had reached its highest development on the north - east coast of England . In Britain during this period coal output rose ...
Page 81
... Coal is undercut by machines , broken down by explosives or other means , and loaded at the coal - face on to conveyors of various kinds , which deliver it into trams on the haulage - roads or at the shaft itself ; but the actual ...
... Coal is undercut by machines , broken down by explosives or other means , and loaded at the coal - face on to conveyors of various kinds , which deliver it into trams on the haulage - roads or at the shaft itself ; but the actual ...
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... coal - face . This meant either that tram - rails had to be laid along the coal - face , which could be done only in seams 3 ft or more in thickness ; or that roads had to be made partly in the coal and partly in the roof at intervals ...
... coal - face . This meant either that tram - rails had to be laid along the coal - face , which could be done only in seams 3 ft or more in thickness ; or that roads had to be made partly in the coal and partly in the roof at intervals ...
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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