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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… incorporation of small farms (Edington 1851), the use of steam power and machinery in agriculture (Kingston Deverill … in wages due to mechanization and a smaller working force. Steam-plough engine men, for instance, drew 18 s. to 21 s. a … first with a drainage plough and later invented a steam plough. 276 A drill for corn, not unlike the modern …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Aldbourne it was reported in 1878 that 'on many farms the steam plough has taken the place of the flock, and corn …
Survey of London
… taken by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, who here constructed the steam carriage in which he managed to get to Bath and back at … to have been used as a factory for Perkins and Bacon's 'steam guns,' prototypes of the modern machine gun. * … Bond Street and assisted Burgess and Edis. It is marked "Steam Gun Factory" on Davis's Map of St. Marylebone, 1834. …
Old and New London
… elsewhere). H.M. Steem Freigkt Vultur, Uncon or els war (Steam Frigate Vulture, at Hong-Kong). Mr. Weston, Osburn … In the north court there are placed four steam-engines, each of 50horse power, for working the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… in Stoke Bruerne in 1956, leaving the village dependent on steam-made bread from Northampton. In the more distant past …
A History of the County of Essex
… mill only in 1777. 8 Later 19th-century millers added a steam turbine in a four-storeyed brick mill. The mill, which …