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... 22 CHAPTER III . STORAGE OF POWER 53 CHAPTER IV . ARTIFICIAL POWER . 72 CHAPTER V. ROAD AND RAIL 91 SHIPS CHAPTER VI . 122 CHAPTER VII . AGRICULTURE 144 CHAPTER VIII . MINING 167 DOMESTIC . CHAPTER IX . PAGE 195 CHAPTER X. ELECTRIC.
... 22 CHAPTER III . STORAGE OF POWER 53 CHAPTER IV . ARTIFICIAL POWER . 72 CHAPTER V. ROAD AND RAIL 91 SHIPS CHAPTER VI . 122 CHAPTER VII . AGRICULTURE 144 CHAPTER VIII . MINING 167 DOMESTIC . CHAPTER IX . PAGE 195 CHAPTER X. ELECTRIC.
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... railway locomotive was invented by Richard Trevithick , who had studied the steam engine under a friend and assistant of James Watt . His patent , which was secured during the ensuing year , makes distinct men- tion of the use of his ...
... railway locomotive was invented by Richard Trevithick , who had studied the steam engine under a friend and assistant of James Watt . His patent , which was secured during the ensuing year , makes distinct men- tion of the use of his ...
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... railway locomotive . Again , in 1801 , Sir Humphry Davy gave his first lecture at the Royal Institution in London , where he had just been installed as a professor , and began that long series of investigations into the chemistry of ...
... railway locomotive . Again , in 1801 , Sir Humphry Davy gave his first lecture at the Royal Institution in London , where he had just been installed as a professor , and began that long series of investigations into the chemistry of ...
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... rails , but by way of reference to the relations of the Prince of Wales to the Duchy , and the propor- tion of its revenues which belonged to him from birth . Glancing over the pages of any history compiled in the early half of the ...
... rails , but by way of reference to the relations of the Prince of Wales to the Duchy , and the propor- tion of its revenues which belonged to him from birth . Glancing over the pages of any history compiled in the early half of the ...
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... rails . Steam automobiles and traction engines are still con- fined to special purposes , the natures of which prove that certain elements of adaptability are still lacking in order to render them uni- versally useful as are the ...
... rails . Steam automobiles and traction engines are still con- fined to special purposes , the natures of which prove that certain elements of adaptability are still lacking in order to render them uni- versally useful as are the ...
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