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Survey of London
… on account of the installation of a new type of stage machinery, of all-metal construction. The inventor, (Sir) … attributed to a failure, verging on farce, of the stage machinery. 72 This was certainly faulty and exposed the … p. 417; and see quotations prefixed to R. M. Stephenson, Machinery for Theatres, N.D. (copy in R.I.B.A. Library). …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… town's pinfold. On December 10, 1823, the engine-house and machinery of the saw-mill were destroyed by fire. The chimney …
A History of the County of Oxford
… new way into the University, and is being fitted into the machinery of the State. While many of Eglesfield's aims have …
Old and New London
… In 1848, the building and ground in the rear, with the machinery and pictures, were sold; and the property, with … called the "Ascending Room." This was hoisted by invisible machinery to the level of the two galleries already … on the roof, and worked simultaneously by means of simple machinery, and at the ends of the house and in the front by …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… than 380 of the lesser monasteries were so suppressed. The machinery to carry out the scheme was provided by the …
Survey of London
… horses must have been far more notable than the clatter of machinery. The census of 1871 presents a detailed picture of …
Finance and trade under Edward III
… them were many useful provisions such as the creation of machinery for the payment of royal debts, the withdrawal of … was there any trace of an attempt to set up more efficient machinery of collection 1 Edward sailed for France on the … the remissness of officials or the inadequacy of the machinery of collection or through a combination of all these …
Old and New London
… who, not being able to guess at its recondite machinery, were almost tempted to hail the wondrous work as …
Survey of London
… lowering the whole of it, or drawing it off sideways. The Machinery is executed upon the newest and most approved principles, contrived to be worked by Machinery placed either above or below the stage, thereby … desiring him 'to prepare plans of and for the Stage and Machinery and to let me see them as soon as prepared in order …
Survey of London
… Killigrew patent and all fittings, stage properties and machinery connected with the theatre to the new company for …