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• Soap
  Until the Industrial Revolution, soapmaking was done on a small scale and the product was rough. Andrew Pea ...perfatted soap, soap which contains excess fat, is more skin-friendly than industrial soap, though if too much fat is added, it can leave users with a "greasy" f
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• Magnesium hydroxide
  ...cles/magnesium-hydroxide/hn-drug_magnesium_hydroxide Magnesium Hydroxide - Revolution Health]</ref> Magnesium hydroxide is also used as an antiperspirant armpit ...se Of Magnesium Hydroxide Slurry For Biological Treatment Of Municipal And Industrial Wastewater]</ref> It also takes part in the [[Biorock]] method of building
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• Propædia
  ...terials]] '''7.2.5'''&nbsp;Technology&nbsp;of&nbsp;[[Industrial production|Industrial&nbsp;Production&nbsp;Processes]] ...&nbsp;Imperialism&nbsp;1600—1920 '''9.6.10'''&nbsp;China&nbsp;until&nbsp;Revolution&nbsp;1839-1911,&nbsp;Japan&nbsp;from&nbsp;Meiji&nbsp;Restoration&nbsp;to&nb
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• Sugar
  ...ily comes from [[sugar cane]] and [[sugar beet]]. Other sugars are used in industrial food preparation, but are usually known by more specific names—[[glucose] During the [[Muslim Agricultural Revolution]], [[Arab]] entrepreneurs adopted sugar production techniques from [[Histor
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• Fulling
  ...he Ancient and Medieval Worlds: A Survey of the Evidence for an Industrial Revolution in Medieval Europe", ''Technology and Culture'' '''46''' (1): 1-30 [10-1 & *E. M. Carus-Wilson, 'An Industrial Revolution of the Thirteenth Century' ''Economic History Review'', Old Series, 11(1) (
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• Bleachfield
  ...] and were an integral part of [[textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution]]. [[Category:Industrial Revolution]]
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• Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods
  ...750 to 1850 | Textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution|current industrial techniques, that is techniques used after 1850 | Textile manufacturing }} ...[linen]], [[jute]] and [[Cannabis sativa|hemp]]), man-made fibers (made by industrial processes) and [[protein based fibers]] (such as [[wool]], [[silk]]).
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• Yarn
  ...left|A [[Spinning Jenny]], spinning machine which initiated the Industrial Revolution]] ...ether. Thicker [[monofilament line|monofilament]]s are typically used for industrial purposes rather than fabric production or decoration. [[Silk]] is a natural
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• History of clothing and textiles
  ==Industrial revolution and modern times== {{Main|Textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution}}
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• Textile manufacturing
  ...processing techniques today and before 1750 | Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods}} ...s. There remains a large industry that uses [[Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods|hand techniques]] to achieve the same results.
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• Lubricant
  In addition to industrial applications, lubricants are used for many other purposes. Other uses inclu ...ce of lubrication ([[tribology]]) really only took off with the industrial revolution in the nineteenth century.
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• Architectural metals
  Cast iron was a major 19th century building material of the Industrial Revolution. Although brittle, it is remarkably strong in compression. It was frequentl
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• Mundic
  ..., and brass production' in J. Day & R. F. Tylesote (eds.), 'The industrial Revolution in Metals' (Institute of Metals, London 1991), 141. </ref> For more detai
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• Steel
  ...sh iron industry'' (Princeton 1977)</ref><ref>B. Trinder, ''The Industrial Revolution in Shropshire'' (Chichester 2000)</ref> ...he raw material for steel during the eighteenth century|journal=Journal of Industrial History|volume=6|issue=1|year=2003|pages=25–49|ref=harv}}</ref><ref name=
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• Wrought iron
  ...by the [[bloomery]] process, in a [[finery forge]] or from the industrial revolution in a [[Lancashire hearth]]. The resulting metal was highly variable, both ...for making wrought iron without charcoal were devised as the [[Industrial Revolution]] began during the latter half of the 18th century. The most successful of
  35 KB (5,392 words) - 10:22, 20 September 2010
• Shingle weaver
  ...vel and considerable manual dexterity.<ref name="Rev30">Harvey O'Connor, ''Revolution in Seattle: A Memoir.'' New York: Monthly Review Press, 1964; pg. 30.</ref> ...ding down the slick chute."<ref>''Sunset'' magazine, quoted in O'Connor, ''Revolution in Seattle,'' page 30.</ref></blockquote>
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• Hemp
  {{About|industrial hemp|its psychoactive variant|Cannabis (drug)|the biology of the plant|Cann ...riety of appearances for cannabis. Only ''C. sativa'' (left) is suited for industrial hemp, but it also has medicinal varieties.]]
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• Concrete
  ...event in the [[history of architecture]] termed the [[Roman Architectural Revolution]], freed [[Roman engineering|Roman construction]] from the restrictions of ...under these conditions. Concrete provides stable compartmentation in large industrial and multi-storey buildings so a fire starting in one section does not sprea
  63 KB (9,167 words) - 10:23, 20 September 2010
• Cement
  ...hydraulic cements began to be developed from the start of the [[Industrial Revolution]] (around 1800), driven by three main needs: ...d it became a common practice to construct prestige buildings from the new industrial bricks, and to finish them with a [[stucco]] to imitate stone. Hydraulic li
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• Iron
  ...[[planetary science]] communities, although applications to biological and industrial systems are beginning to emerge.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dauphas | first1 ...ntation process]] were devised in the 17th century AD. In the [[Industrial Revolution]], new methods of producing bar iron without charcoal were devised and thes
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