A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
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... result was that crop - yields were low , and animals and their products were small . The great problem was to increase supplies of animal feed for use in winter . In some of the earliest printed books on farming , didactic writers in ...
... result was that crop - yields were low , and animals and their products were small . The great problem was to increase supplies of animal feed for use in winter . In some of the earliest printed books on farming , didactic writers in ...
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... resulting in the restoration of the silk - industry to its former prosperity , belongs to a later period ( p 320 ) ... result that in a few years satisfactory qualities were established and exports considerably increased . The basis of ...
... resulting in the restoration of the silk - industry to its former prosperity , belongs to a later period ( p 320 ) ... result that in a few years satisfactory qualities were established and exports considerably increased . The basis of ...
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... result , in 1782 Wedgwood ordered his first steam - engine . It was designed to supply power for grinding flint and enamel colours , to operate a saggar - crusher , and to temper or mix clay . This first order given by Wedgwood was ...
... result , in 1782 Wedgwood ordered his first steam - engine . It was designed to supply power for grinding flint and enamel colours , to operate a saggar - crusher , and to temper or mix clay . This first order given by Wedgwood was ...
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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