A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 75
Page 214
... PRACTICE E. J. HOLMYARD ROM about the middle of the eighteenth century the chemical industry F came to play an increasingly important role in industrial life generally , until towards the end of the period with which this volume deals ...
... PRACTICE E. J. HOLMYARD ROM about the middle of the eighteenth century the chemical industry F came to play an increasingly important role in industrial life generally , until towards the end of the period with which this volume deals ...
Page 280
... practice , for certain types of yarn , of drawing out the carriage faster than the rollers gave out the roving - the ' gain of the carriage ' , as it was called [ 2 ] . The practice of turning the spindles faster during the second part ...
... practice , for certain types of yarn , of drawing out the carriage faster than the rollers gave out the roving - the ' gain of the carriage ' , as it was called [ 2 ] . The practice of turning the spindles faster during the second part ...
Page 548
... practice of canal - building was well established before the eighteenth century and the principle of overcoming differences in level by pound - locks had long been normal practice ( vol III , ch 17 ) . On the other hand , the advances ...
... practice of canal - building was well established before the eighteenth century and the principle of overcoming differences in level by pound - locks had long been normal practice ( vol III , ch 17 ) . On the other hand , the advances ...
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 |
Copyright | |
15 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
agricultural beam became Boulton Boulton and Watt bridge Britain British built canal carbon carried cast iron chemical clay coal Coalbrookdale coke construction copper crops cylinder D. E. Woodall diameter E. J. HOLMYARD early eighteenth century electric engine England English Europe fallow farming figure France French furnace glass heat horizontal husbandry Ibid important improved inches industrial revolution introduced invention inventor J. F. Horrabin John John Smeaton later lathe London machine machinery manufacture mechanical metal method mill mineral mines Newcomen Newcomen engine nineteenth century obtained operation oxide Paris patent Photograph by courtesy pipe piston plate porcelain practical produced pump river road rollers rotation Rotherham plough Royal screw sewers shaft ships silk Smeaton Staffordshire steam steam-engine steel stones sulphuric acid surface telegraph tion vertical ware water-wheels watermills Watt whales wheel wooden wrought iron