Science and Technology in the Industrial Revolution
- ISBN-10
- 0719003709
- ISBN-13
- 9780719003707
- Category
- Great Britain
- Pages
- 534
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1969
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Authors
- Eric Robinson, Albert Edward Musson
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