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The Newcomen Bulletin

The Newcomen Bulletin

Newcomen Society (Great Britain)

Colin Hempstead (Teesside) 'The education and training of engineers 1900- 1950: reminiscences and reports'. Jeff Hughes (Victoria, Manchester) 'A. P. M. Fleming, Metro-Vick and the university connection in electrical engineering'.
The Newcomen Bulletin

The Newcomen Bulletin

Newcomen Society (Great Britain)

BOOK REVIEWS Greek and Roman Mechanical Water Lifting Devices: The History of a Technology by John Peter Oleson. D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, 1984. 458 pp.111. £71.75. Just recently interest in ancient technology has ...
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Transactions

Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain)

Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain). high and pointed conductors. By Charles Viscount Mahon, F. R. S. 4to. W. C. Ross. — A Lithographic Print, representing our Saviour Dispossessing the Demoniacs. Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and ...
Newcomen Address

Newcomen Address

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THE NEWCOMEN SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES IN apr1l 1923, the late L. F. Loree ( 1858-1940) of New York, then dean of American railroad presidents, established a group now known as "American Newcomen" and interested in ...
Industrial Archaeology: An Introduction

Industrial Archaeology: An Introduction

Kenneth Hudson

Mining Association of Great Britain: Historical Review of Coal Mining (1928). A series of short chapters, mainly ... 300 years of coal conveyance to the Tyne Staiths, in “Transactions', Newcomen Society, Vol. XXV (1945–7). W. J. Jenkins: The ...
The Parker Society for the Publication of the Works of the ...

The Parker Society for the Publication of the Works of the ...

Parker Society (Great Britain)

Publications Parker Society (Great Britain). LETTER XIV. Here followeth another letter of Master Philpot to the Lady Vane: which, because for the length, I could not wholly insert, I have excerpted certain specialities thereout as followeth : The  ...
The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion ...

The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion ...

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long. Chester." Among his numerous partnerships was one with David Dale, Esq., of the Lanark Mills. Having presented a congratulatory address to George III., from the ...
Transactions of the Society Instituted at London for the ...

Transactions of the Society Instituted at London for the ...

Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain)

Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain). xxxvi Premiums offered for the Advantage of British Colonies. Rewards given in 18"23. BRITISH MARBLES. REWARDS BESTOWED BY THE. than three pounds weight, with proper certificates, signed by ...
The statutes at large, of England and of Great Britain: from ...

The statutes at large, of England and of Great Britain: from ...

Great Britain

from Magna Carta to the union of the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain, Sir Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, ... according to the aforesaid Act of His late Majesty, and Tables therein referred to ; in every such Case, the Magistrates or ...
Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland

Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland

Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland

Graeme Murdock University of Birmingham Authority and Society in Nantes in the French Wars of Religion, 1559-98. By Elizabeth C. Tingle. Studies in Early Modern European History. Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2006. Pp. 230.
Energy and Society: An Introduction, Second Edition

Energy and Society: An Introduction, Second Edition

Harold H. Schobert

—Savery2 The first truly successful engine is attributed to another English inventor, Thomas Newcomen,* a hardware dealer with little formal education. His friend and partner was a plumber, John Calley. Newcomen and Calley tinkered for ...
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and ...

A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and ...

John Burke

NEWCOMEN, OF KENAGH. ILmrage. Sir Robert Newcomen, lent third son of Charles Ncwcomen, esq. of London, and grandson of Brian Newcomen, esq. of Saltfletby, in the county of Lincoln, went to Ireland, and was created a Baronet of that ...
A Guide to the Sources of British Military History

A Guide to the Sources of British Military History

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Great Britain. Ministry of Transport. Railway Accidents. Report to the Minister of Transport on the Safety Record of the Railways in Great Britain during the year 1967. London: H.M.S.O., 1968. Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and ...

Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and ...

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland

Calcutta : Imperial Library. Calcutta : Indian Museum, Archive- logical Section. Calcutta : Presidency College. 40 Calcutta : Ripon College. Calcutta : St. Paul's College. Calcutta : Sanskrit College. Calcutta : University Library. Cambridge ...
The Optical Munitions Industry in Great Britain, 1888–1923

The Optical Munitions Industry in Great Britain, 1888–1923

Stephen C Sambrook

Great Britain, Admiralty, Manual of Gunnery for H. M. Fleet, 1917 (London: HMSO , 1917). Great Britain, Admiralty, Rate Book for Naval Store: Authorised List and Price List of Naval Stores (London: HMSO, annually from 1870). Great Britain ...
The Law Reports. Queen's Bench Division

The Law Reports. Queen's Bench Division

Great Britain. High Court of Justice. Common Pleas Division

Great Britain. High Court of Justice. Common Pleas Division, Great Britain. High Court of Justice. Exchequer Division, Great Britain. Court of Appeal, Great Britain. Railway and Canal Commission, Great Britain. High Court of Justice.
Coastal Recreation Management: The sustainable development ...

Coastal Recreation Management: The sustainable development ...

Tim Goodhead

Great Britain (1925) Law of Property Act, HMSO, London. Great Britain (1949) Coast Protection Act, HMSO, London. Great Britain (1%4) Harbours Act, HMSO, London. Great Britain (1985) Food and Environment Protection Act, HMSO, London.
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Great Britain

Great Britain Sir George Kettilby Rickards. strates at the several Quarter Sessions for the Remuneration of the Appraisers and Arbitrators appointed under this Act for the Execution of their Duty, to be paid either by the Plaintiffs or Defendants, as such Magistrates shall think fit, in the several Matters of Dispute, and to issue their Warrant to compel Payment accordingly. > v,IX. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for any Person who shall think himself ...
Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society

Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society

Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain)

Vols. for 1846-55 include Proceedings at meetings of the society.

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