A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
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... machine embodying it was built in 1786 by Andrew Meikle of the East Lothians of Scotland . Meikle's machine was a simple one consisting of drum and concave only ; it had none of the elaborate cleaning equipment of later days . It did a ...
... machine embodying it was built in 1786 by Andrew Meikle of the East Lothians of Scotland . Meikle's machine was a simple one consisting of drum and concave only ; it had none of the elaborate cleaning equipment of later days . It did a ...
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... machine - tools for mass - production . The plant was in full operation in Ports- mouth by 1808 , with a yearly output of 130 000 blocks . With this machinery ten unskilled men did the work of 110 skilled men , and it was estimated that ...
... machine - tools for mass - production . The plant was in full operation in Ports- mouth by 1808 , with a yearly output of 130 000 blocks . With this machinery ten unskilled men did the work of 110 skilled men , and it was estimated that ...
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... machines , punching machines , drilling machines , and radial drilling machines were obtainable in fair variety . The smaller machine - tools were often driven by hand or foot , and even quite large machines ( cf plate 28 ) were ...
... machines , punching machines , drilling machines , and radial drilling machines were obtainable in fair variety . The smaller machine - tools were often driven by hand or foot , and even quite large machines ( cf plate 28 ) were ...
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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