| Summerfield Hospital |
this used to be the Workhouse; the place where out-of-work
men and their families had to go to live and work when they
had no money |
|
|
| post-mill |
windmill which turned on a stout post, to catch the wind |
|
|
| survey |
to measure and study with great care |
|
|
| devices |
machines & methods of manufacture; Boulton was an inventor
as well as a manufacturer & business-man |
|
|
| navigation |
in this case = canal |
|
|
| evaporation |
change of water into a gas, water vapour; drying-up |
|
|
| reservoir |
water storage pond or tank |
|
|
| top level |
summit level highest level part of a canal; it is kept as
low as possible, so that reservoirs can be made on stream higher
up to keep the level supplied, and to avoid the expense of many
locks lock boat-sized part of the canal that can be closed by
gates, filled and emptied, to raise or lower a boat to a different
level |
|
|
| communications |
here it means quick and easy travel and carriage of materials
and goods to other places |
|
|
| Savery engine |
early engine which wasted most of the steam power it produced |
|
|
| Watt's device |
the separate condenser; this prevented the waste of power
in earlier steam engines; Watt brought his engine to Soho in
1774, and it proved to be able to do all that Boulton: had hoped,
and helped to make our huge factory city possible |
|
|
Previous
Index