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... engine , and he purposed to develop a water works for supplying water to the ... steam power at the very source of energy , the coal mine itself , it was ... steam engine , but to raise considerably its efficiency by creating a separate ...
... engine , and he purposed to develop a water works for supplying water to the ... steam power at the very source of energy , the coal mine itself , it was ... steam engine , but to raise considerably its efficiency by creating a separate ...
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... steam car- riage , Cort's reverberatory furnace , Wilkinson's iron boat , Cart- wright's power loom , and Jouffroy's and Fitch's steamboats , the lat- ter with a screw propeller , date back to this decade . The whole technique of wood ...
... steam car- riage , Cort's reverberatory furnace , Wilkinson's iron boat , Cart- wright's power loom , and Jouffroy's and Fitch's steamboats , the lat- ter with a screw propeller , date back to this decade . The whole technique of wood ...
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... steam engine , lighted by gas , the new mills could work for twenty - four hours . Why not the worker ? The steam engine was pacemaker . Since the steam engine requires constant care on the part of the stoker and engineer , steam power ...
... steam engine , lighted by gas , the new mills could work for twenty - four hours . Why not the worker ? The steam engine was pacemaker . Since the steam engine requires constant care on the part of the stoker and engineer , steam power ...
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CULTURAL PREPARATION | 9 |
AGENTS OF MECHANIZATION | 60 |
THE EOTECHNIC PHASE | 107 |
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