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James Watt - Craftsman and Engineer by H. W. Dickinson
Category: Biography | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology Ser.
This 1936 book, published to celebrate the bicentenary of Watt's birth, examines his career as a craftsman and engineer, rather than offering a purely narrative biography. Watt began his life as a maker of mathematical instruments, and throughout his working life enjoyed the challenge of such skilled wo ...Show more
Lives of the Engineers 3 Volume Set - With an Account of Their Principal Works; Comprising Also a History of Inland Communication in Britain by Sameul Smiles
Category: Reference | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology Ser.
A political and social reformer, Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) was also a noted biographer in the Victorian period. Following the engineer's death in 1848, Smiles published his highly successful Life of George Stephenson in 1857 (also reissued in this series). His interest in engineering evolved and he bega ...Show more
Lives of the Engineers - With an Account of Their Principal Works; Comprising Also a History of Inland Communication in Britain by Sameul Smiles
Category: Reference | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology Ser.
A political and social reformer, Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) was also a noted biographer in the Victorian period. Following the engineer's death in 1848, Smiles published his highly successful Life of George Stephenson in 1857 (also reissued in this series). His interest in engineering evolved and he bega ...Show more
Lives of the Engineers - With an Account of Their Principal Works; Comprising Also a History of Inland Communication in Britain by Sameul Smiles
Category: Reference | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology Ser.
A political and social reformer, Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) was also a noted biographer in the Victorian period. Following the engineer's death in 1848, Smiles published his highly successful Life of George Stephenson in 1857 (also reissued in this series). His interest in engineering evolved and he bega ...Show more
Lives of the Engineers - With an Account of Their Principal Works; Comprising Also a History of Inland Communication in Britain by Sameul Smiles
Category: Reference | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology Ser.
A political and social reformer, Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) was also a noted biographer in the Victorian period. Following the engineer's death in 1848, Smiles published his highly successful Life of George Stephenson in 1857 (also reissued in this series). His interest in engineering evolved and he bega ...Show more
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