Men of invention and industry

Author(s)

• Smiles, Samuel

Bibliographic Information

Men of invention and industry

Samuel Smiles

（The collected works of Samuel Smiles）

Routledge/Thoemmes Press, 1997

Note

Reprint. Originally published: London : John Murray, 1884

Includes bibliographical footnotes and index

"A continuation of the memoirs of men of invention and industry published... in the 'Lives of engineers,''Industrial Biography,' and 'Self-Help'"--Pref

Contents of Works

• Phineas Pett : beginnings of English shipbuilding
• Francis Pettit Smith, practical introducer of the screw propeller
• John Harrison, inventor of the marine chronometer
• John Lombe, introducer of the silk industry into England
• William Murdock, his life and inventions
• Frederick Koenig, inventor of the steam-printing machine
• The Walters of the "Times" : invention of the Walter press
• William Clowes : book-printing by steam
• Charles Bianconi : a lesson of self-help in Ireland
• Industry in Ireland : through Connaught and Ulster to Belfast
• Ship-building in Belfast / by E.T. Harland, engineer and shipbuilder
• Astronomers and students in humble life : a new chapter in the "Pursuit of knowledge under defficulties"

Details

• NCID: BA31331924
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 390, 10 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : T39.S62
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Inventors -- Biography
  • LCSH : Industorial arts -- Biography
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA31313977