Table 1. Chronology of selected water supply installations.

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Table 2. Manual pumping limits data.

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Table 3. Water pumping at Lough Rynn, 1861 to 1863.

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Table 4. Warm bath estimate for Dromoland Castle.

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Table 5. Chronology of some big house heating installations.

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Table 6. Chronology of selected big house horticultural heating systems.

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Table 7. Summary of revised estimate for Doneraile glasshouses, 8 October 1889.

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Table 8. Quantities in estimate for Doneraile glasshouses, 8 October 1889.

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Table 9. Selection of ice houses in Ireland.

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Table 10. Chronology of selected private gas plants.

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Table 11. Lighting specification for Adare Manor.

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Table 12. Clandeboye coal gas plant installation costs.

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Table 13. Chronology of selected private electric-lighting plants.

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Table 14. Chronology of some Irish big house power sources and equipment.

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Table 15. Sample vocabulary for Edgeworth telegraph.

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Table 16. Alphabetic codes for Edgeworth telegraph.

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Table A1. Blacksmith's tasks at Bessborough, 1834.

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Table A2. Examples of costs of blacksmith's work in 1834.

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Table A3. Men churning at Lough Rynn, 1861 to 1863.

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Table A4. Men water pumping at Lough Rynn, 1861 to 1863.

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Table A5. Carpenters and blacksmith tasks.

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Table A6. Selected tasks, goods, and services.

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Table A7. Selected tasks.

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Table A8. Tullynally Castle expenses.

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Table A9. Tullynally Castle expenses.

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Table A10. Clandeboye expenses.

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Table A11. Mourne Park expenses.

290

Table A12. Mourne Park wages and bills.

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Table A13. Crom Castle coal usage, 1895.

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Table A14. Crom Castle coal usage, 1897.

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Table A15. Crom Castle coal usage, 1901.

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