A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
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... shaft - sinking was begun . At first the shafts were close together and regularly spaced along the outcrop of the vein . As there is rarely any poisonous or inflammable gas in a metal - mine , only a single shaft was sunk in each unit ...
... shaft - sinking was begun . At first the shafts were close together and regularly spaced along the outcrop of the vein . As there is rarely any poisonous or inflammable gas in a metal - mine , only a single shaft was sunk in each unit ...
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... shaft of the wheel also carries , inside the mill , the vertical pit - wheel A , driving by bevel cogs the wal- lower or horizontal wheel B on the main vertical shaft C. The latter is of apple wood , about 18 inches in diameter , and is ...
... shaft of the wheel also carries , inside the mill , the vertical pit - wheel A , driving by bevel cogs the wal- lower or horizontal wheel B on the main vertical shaft C. The latter is of apple wood , about 18 inches in diameter , and is ...
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... shaft , drove both the treadles for raising the healds and the pickers for throwing the shuttle . The main shaft had at its end a toothed wheel connected with another wheel , having twice as many teeth , at the end of the tappet - shaft ...
... shaft , drove both the treadles for raising the healds and the pickers for throwing the shuttle . The main shaft had at its end a toothed wheel connected with another wheel , having twice as many teeth , at the end of the tappet - shaft ...
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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