Men of Invention and IndustryHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 396 páginas |
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... iron was mostly obtained from Spain and Germany . The best arms and armor came from France and Italy . Linen was imported from Flanders and Holland , though the best came from Rheims . Even the coarsest dowlas , or sailcloth , was ...
... iron was mostly obtained from Spain and Germany . The best arms and armor came from France and Italy . Linen was imported from Flanders and Holland , though the best came from Rheims . Even the coarsest dowlas , or sailcloth , was ...
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... iron district of the north had not yet come into existence . Newcas- tle , already of some importance , was the principal scene of their labors . The timber for the new ship was found in Chapley Wood and Brancepeth Park . The gentry did ...
... iron district of the north had not yet come into existence . Newcas- tle , already of some importance , was the principal scene of their labors . The timber for the new ship was found in Chapley Wood and Brancepeth Park . The gentry did ...
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... iron and steel instead of wood , and in the em- ployment of the steam - engine in impelling ships by the paddle or the screw . So long as timber was used for the construction of ships , the number of vessels built annually , especially ...
... iron and steel instead of wood , and in the em- ployment of the steam - engine in impelling ships by the paddle or the screw . So long as timber was used for the construction of ships , the number of vessels built annually , especially ...
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... iron ! " " Iron , " replied the Ameri- can , in surprise ; " why , iron sinks ; only wood can float ! " " Well ! will find I am right . ' you 99 The prophecy was correct . The Englishman in question has now a fleet of splendid iron ...
... iron ! " " Iron , " replied the Ameri- can , in surprise ; " why , iron sinks ; only wood can float ! " " Well ! will find I am right . ' you 99 The prophecy was correct . The Englishman in question has now a fleet of splendid iron ...
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... iron castings , and went up the Seine to Paris . It was some time , however , before iron came into general use . Ten years later , in 1832 , Maudslay & Field built four iron vessels for the East India Company . In the course of about ...
... iron castings , and went up the Seine to Paris . It was some time , however , before iron came into general use . Ten years later , in 1832 , Maudslay & Field built four iron vessels for the East India Company . In the course of about ...
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