A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1954 |
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... supply in Britain . The influx of population to the towns from rural areas , the rapid growth of manufacture , and the introduction of railways entailed large demands for a continuous supply of clean water , not only for domestic use ...
... supply in Britain . The influx of population to the towns from rural areas , the rapid growth of manufacture , and the introduction of railways entailed large demands for a continuous supply of clean water , not only for domestic use ...
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... supply to a com- pany in 1819 , for the sum of £ 30 000 . In 1840 a Select Committee of the House of Commons was appointed to in- quire into the supply of water to large towns and populous districts in England and Wales . Reference was ...
... supply to a com- pany in 1819 , for the sum of £ 30 000 . In 1840 a Select Committee of the House of Commons was appointed to in- quire into the supply of water to large towns and populous districts in England and Wales . Reference was ...
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... supply to houses in Piccadilly at the beginning of the nineteenth century . Where geological conditions were favourable in gravel areas it was quite usual to sink shallow wells , from which supplies of water were obtained for individual ...
... supply to houses in Piccadilly at the beginning of the nineteenth century . Where geological conditions were favourable in gravel areas it was quite usual to sink shallow wells , from which supplies of water were obtained for individual ...
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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