A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1954 |
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... period of rapid change themselves suggest that neither its beginning nor its end is susceptible of sharp definition . Never- theless , the hundred years from 1750 to 1850 with which we are here concerned saw technological developments ...
... period of rapid change themselves suggest that neither its beginning nor its end is susceptible of sharp definition . Never- theless , the hundred years from 1750 to 1850 with which we are here concerned saw technological developments ...
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... period now under review , however , the big landowners and the farmers with capital never hesitated to take advantage of the great technical changes of the times . In fact , the changes in the equipment available between the beginning ...
... period now under review , however , the big landowners and the farmers with capital never hesitated to take advantage of the great technical changes of the times . In fact , the changes in the equipment available between the beginning ...
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... period with which this volume deals it already promised to become the giant that we know today . The manner of this develop- ment was twofold . In the first place , increased demands for such commodities as glass , soap , soda , dyes ...
... period with which this volume deals it already promised to become the giant that we know today . The manner of this develop- ment was twofold . In the first place , increased demands for such commodities as glass , soap , soda , dyes ...
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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