A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
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... ( figure 71 ) , or Scotch furnace , and the American blast - furnace , the latter introducing the important innovation of pre - heating the air used in the blast by leading the pipes round the back of the hearth ( figure 72 ) . In the ...
... ( figure 71 ) , or Scotch furnace , and the American blast - furnace , the latter introducing the important innovation of pre - heating the air used in the blast by leading the pipes round the back of the hearth ( figure 72 ) . In the ...
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... FIGURE 214 - Screw cutting by means of file . ( 1 ) Track of thread cut ; ( 2 ) paper wound on the rod to be threaded ; ( 3 ) metal comb . screw and the rod to be threaded are placed parallel to each other ( figure 215 ) . The latter is ...
... FIGURE 214 - Screw cutting by means of file . ( 1 ) Track of thread cut ; ( 2 ) paper wound on the rod to be threaded ; ( 3 ) metal comb . screw and the rod to be threaded are placed parallel to each other ( figure 215 ) . The latter is ...
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... ( figure 313 ) . Fourteen were worked in south- western England , two in south Wales , and six in Shropshire . One was built in Scotland at the end of our period , and one in Leicestershire after it , both for FIGURE 314 - A double ...
... ( figure 313 ) . Fourteen were worked in south- western England , two in south Wales , and six in Shropshire . One was built in Scotland at the end of our period , and one in Leicestershire after it , both for FIGURE 314 - A double ...
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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