Innovation and the Rise of the Tunnelling Industry
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- Author(s) West, Graham
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1988
- Pages 355pp; illus
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Place Published Cambridge
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Deals largely with technical issues from 1825 with each chapter, other than introduction and conclusion, being a standalone account of an particular technical advance such as a drilling machine, drill bit or tunnelling machine. Little economic context. See his doctoral thesis on the subject