Triumphs of invention and discovery
By: by J. Hamilton Fyfe.
Contributors: Williamson, David Wallace, fl. 1872-1898.; Halswelle, Keeley, 1832-1891.; Jackson, Mason, 1819-1903.; Hoddle, George, fl. 1872-1880.
Publisher: T. Nelson and Sons
Published: 1862
Place of publication: London; Edinburgh; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Inventions -- History.; Inventors.; Printing -- History.
Notes: Added wood-engraved t.p.

One wood-engraved plate each is signed "D. WM.Son" [i.e. David Wallace Williamson?], "Keeley Halswelle", "M. Jackson" and "Hoddle Sc.".  Plates include captions.

Includes decorative wood-engraved head-pieces and tail-pieces.

MASS copy: Bound in purple wave-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind; a.e.g.  Upper cover blocked in gold with small classical vignette illustration and spine blocked in gold with various miniature illustrations.  Spine with imprint: "T. Nelson and Sons".  With pale yellow glazed endpapers.  With bookplate: "Ex libris C. J. Peacock.".
Table of contents: value: The art of printing; value: The steam engine; value: The manufacture of cotton; value: The railway and the locomotive; value: The lighthouse; value: Steam navigation; value: Iron manufacture; value: The electric telegraph; value: The silk manufacture; value: The potter's art; value: The miner's safety lamp.