A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1954 |
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... construction that had to be planned , financed , and organized . Bridge - building continued along the lines described in volume III , but with a tendency to lighter and bolder construction . The power of steam , first developed for the ...
... construction that had to be planned , financed , and organized . Bridge - building continued along the lines described in volume III , but with a tendency to lighter and bolder construction . The power of steam , first developed for the ...
Page 458
... construction with 600 ft in a single span . It was estimated to require 6500 tons of cast iron ; the abutments were to consist of 432 000 cu ft of ... construction several suspension bridges 458 BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION.
... construction with 600 ft in a single span . It was estimated to require 6500 tons of cast iron ; the abutments were to consist of 432 000 cu ft of ... construction several suspension bridges 458 BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION.
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... construction which was to be introduced throughout France about 1775 ( figure 298 B ) . Early in the eighteenth cen ... construction identical with the French one . Similar constructions were intro- duced in Hesse ( 1746 ) , Treves ...
... construction which was to be introduced throughout France about 1775 ( figure 298 B ) . Early in the eighteenth cen ... construction identical with the French one . Similar constructions were intro- duced in Hesse ( 1746 ) , Treves ...
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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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 developed diameter driving E. J. HOLMYARD early eighteenth century engine England Europe fallow farming figure fish France French furnace glass heat horizontal husbandry Ibid important improved inches increased industrial revolution industry introduced invention J. F. Horrabin John Smeaton later lathe London machine machinery manufacture mechanical metal method mill mineral mines Newcomen Newcomen engine nineteenth century obtained operation oxide Paris patent pipe piston plate practice produced pump river road rollers rotation Rotherham plough salt screw sewers shaft ships silk Smeaton smelting Staffordshire steam steam-engine steel stone sulphuric acid surface temperature tion tuyère vertical ware water-wheels watermills Watt whales wheel wooden wrought iron