A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1954 |
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... ( figure 71 ) , or Scotch furnace , and the American blast - furnace , the latter introducing the important innovation of pre - heating the air used in the blast by leading the pipes round the back of the hearth ( figure 72 ) . In the ...
... ( figure 71 ) , or Scotch furnace , and the American blast - furnace , the latter introducing the important innovation of pre - heating the air used in the blast by leading the pipes round the back of the hearth ( figure 72 ) . In the ...
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... ( figure 179 ) . The sludge has to be concentrated and dried until sufficient water has been re- moved to enable the potter to handle it properly . The stiff , but still plastic , clay is next wedged , that is , large pieces are slapped ...
... ( figure 179 ) . The sludge has to be concentrated and dried until sufficient water has been re- moved to enable the potter to handle it properly . The stiff , but still plastic , clay is next wedged , that is , large pieces are slapped ...
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... ( figure 288 ) shows the Fleet river in 1844 ; the chutes discharging from the houses into the river may be clearly ... Figure 289 shows a section of the low - level sewer on the north bank of the Thames . From Westminster bridge to ...
... ( figure 288 ) shows the Fleet river in 1844 ; the chutes discharging from the houses into the river may be clearly ... Figure 289 shows a section of the low - level sewer on the north bank of the Thames . From Westminster bridge to ...
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