The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 |
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Page 72
... inventions which have distinguished this country during the last century- such as the spinning - jenny , the mule , the power - loom , the steam- hammer , but above all the steam - engine , which has so enormously added to our ...
... inventions which have distinguished this country during the last century- such as the spinning - jenny , the mule , the power - loom , the steam- hammer , but above all the steam - engine , which has so enormously added to our ...
Page 78
... invention , as did his successor in the privilege , one John Rovenson . Other attempts were made to extract iron from the ore by means of pit- coal , but it was not until Dud Dudley's experiments were made * in the reign of Charles I ...
... invention , as did his successor in the privilege , one John Rovenson . Other attempts were made to extract iron from the ore by means of pit- coal , but it was not until Dud Dudley's experiments were made * in the reign of Charles I ...
Page 79
... invention of the steam - engine itself led to a rapid increase in the demand for iron , for the purpose of making the engines as well as the machinery of various kinds which they drove . Again , the employment of the steam - engine in ...
... invention of the steam - engine itself led to a rapid increase in the demand for iron , for the purpose of making the engines as well as the machinery of various kinds which they drove . Again , the employment of the steam - engine in ...
Page 80
... invention of which is usually ascribed to Henry Cort , as well as the method of producing bar - iron by means of grooved rolls instead of by the old process of beating it out by forge hammers . As in the case of most inventions , Cort's ...
... invention of which is usually ascribed to Henry Cort , as well as the method of producing bar - iron by means of grooved rolls instead of by the old process of beating it out by forge hammers . As in the case of most inventions , Cort's ...
Page 81
... invention . Cort died in poverty , though he laid the foundation of the riches of many an ironmaster , and has largely contributed to the development of the resources and wealth of Great Britain . It is true that the value of the ...
... invention . Cort died in poverty , though he laid the foundation of the riches of many an ironmaster , and has largely contributed to the development of the resources and wealth of Great Britain . It is true that the value of the ...
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