John Rennie, 1761-1821: The Life and Work of a Great EngineerManchester University Press, 1963 - 149 էջ |
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... Albion Mills , Boulton & Watt were entrusted with the task of fitting out the mill . Not knowing much about milling machinery they wrote to Dr. Robison to recommend someone , as Scotland was famous for millwrights then ; and he ...
... Albion Mills , Boulton & Watt were entrusted with the task of fitting out the mill . Not knowing much about milling machinery they wrote to Dr. Robison to recommend someone , as Scotland was famous for millwrights then ; and he ...
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... milling machinery comes from Matthew Boulton himself , who , writing on 28 May 1788 to Watt , encloses a sketch and description of the centrifugal governor which he had noted at the Albion Mills and which neither of them had ever seen ...
... milling machinery comes from Matthew Boulton himself , who , writing on 28 May 1788 to Watt , encloses a sketch and description of the centrifugal governor which he had noted at the Albion Mills and which neither of them had ever seen ...
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... Albion Mills survives and shows that at least part of Rennie's success was due to his attention to detail and system . It carefully records every item received during the progress of the work.35 When Rennie started on the Albion Mills ...
... Albion Mills survives and shows that at least part of Rennie's success was due to his attention to detail and system . It carefully records every item received during the progress of the work.35 When Rennie started on the Albion Mills ...
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