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Page 168
... material , and Bessemer's secret pro- cess soon brought him great wealth . He developed other inventions , notably sug- arcane - crushing machinery of advanced de- sign , but he was soon devoted to metallurgy . In his time there were ...
... material , and Bessemer's secret pro- cess soon brought him great wealth . He developed other inventions , notably sug- arcane - crushing machinery of advanced de- sign , but he was soon devoted to metallurgy . In his time there were ...
Page 512
... material in modern bridges . Reinforced concrete , to which emplanted steel bars add strength , was introduced in the 19th cen- tury ; its first significant application was in an arched bridge built in France in 1898. En- gineers later ...
... material in modern bridges . Reinforced concrete , to which emplanted steel bars add strength , was introduced in the 19th cen- tury ; its first significant application was in an arched bridge built in France in 1898. En- gineers later ...
Page 734
... material and as a fertil- izer . Large quantities of lime are utilized in various industrial neutralization reactions . A large amount also is used as starting material in the production of calcium carbide , CaC2 . Also known as carbide ...
... material and as a fertil- izer . Large quantities of lime are utilized in various industrial neutralization reactions . A large amount also is used as starting material in the production of calcium carbide , CaC2 . Also known as carbide ...
Contents
Beckford detail from an oil painting | 107 |
John Hoppner c 1800 in the Salford | 234 |
To make the best use of the Britannica | 260 |
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