A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
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... increased ( plate 7B ) . The greater height of the furnace made the ore remain longer in contact with the incandescent fuel . The stronger blast that coke could stand without destruction caused a greater reduction , so that the iron ...
... increased ( plate 7B ) . The greater height of the furnace made the ore remain longer in contact with the incandescent fuel . The stronger blast that coke could stand without destruction caused a greater reduction , so that the iron ...
Page 349
... increased the risks to health . Booth pro- gressively altered his glazing process from a simple dusting with lead ore to dipping in a slip of red- or white - lead with clay and flint , and finally to lead com- pounds and flint according ...
... increased the risks to health . Booth pro- gressively altered his glazing process from a simple dusting with lead ore to dipping in a slip of red- or white - lead with clay and flint , and finally to lead com- pounds and flint according ...
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... increasing load until the load reached the critical value , when sudden collapse occurred . Young considered the cases ... increased . His equations for these two cases were rediscovered in the twentieth century , and put forward as new ...
... increasing load until the load reached the critical value , when sudden collapse occurred . Young considered the cases ... increased . His equations for these two cases were rediscovered in the twentieth century , and put forward as new ...
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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