Mechanical Engineering in the Industries of the North-East
1965 ◽
Vol 180
(1)
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pp. 1230-1253
Keyword(s):
The industries of the North-east, to which mechanical engineering contributes so much, are to be seen against their historical background. Much of the developmental impetus came originally from the needs of the coal industry but the transformations wrought by technology have led to the present wide spread of industries among which coal, though vital, is no longer dominant. Notwithstanding the introduction of lighter industries, the mechanical engineer in the North-east is still mainly concerned with the heavier industries though in an almost unlimited variety of forms.