A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
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... period of rapid change themselves suggest that neither its beginning nor its end is susceptible of sharp definition . Never- theless , the hundred years from 1750 to 1850 with which we are here concerned saw technological developments ...
... period of rapid change themselves suggest that neither its beginning nor its end is susceptible of sharp definition . Never- theless , the hundred years from 1750 to 1850 with which we are here concerned saw technological developments ...
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... period with which this volume deals it already promised to become the giant that we know today . The manner of this develop- ment was twofold . In the first place , increased demands for such commodities as glass , soap , soda , dyes ...
... period with which this volume deals it already promised to become the giant that we know today . The manner of this develop- ment was twofold . In the first place , increased demands for such commodities as glass , soap , soda , dyes ...
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... period of its existence the Association has often provided a platform for important debates , and the publicity of ... period we are now considering . During that period , the most important fundamental advances of science that ...
... period of its existence the Association has often provided a platform for important debates , and the publicity of ... period we are now considering . During that period , the most important fundamental advances of science that ...
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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