A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
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... successful 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 ...
... successful 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 ...
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... successful , for clogging would soon have occurred . A better method was found earlier , in 1674 , by the Dutch painter Jan Van der Heyden , inventor of the fire - engine with suction- and delivery - hoses . We have no drawing of his ...
... successful , for clogging would soon have occurred . A better method was found earlier , in 1674 , by the Dutch painter Jan Van der Heyden , inventor of the fire - engine with suction- and delivery - hoses . We have no drawing of his ...
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... successful cable was laid in September 1851 . If the development of the electric telegraph represented one major milestone in the progress of human communications , the development of the submarine cable was another of equal importance ...
... successful cable was laid in September 1851 . If the development of the electric telegraph represented one major milestone in the progress of human communications , the development of the submarine cable was another of equal importance ...
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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