Lives of the engineers
Subtitle: with an account of their principal works; comprising also a history of inland communication in Britain
By: by Samuel Smiles ; with portraits and numerous illustrations
Publisher: J. Murray
Published: 1862
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Engineers; Roads
Notes: Access to portions of this material may be restricted.
Table of contents: title: I. Early works of embanking and draining. Life of Sir Hugh Myddelton. Early roads and modes of travelling. Bridges, harbours, and ferries. Life of James Brindley.; title: II. Life of John Smeaton. Life of John Rennie. Life of Thomas Telford.; title: III. George and Robert Stephenson.; title: IV. Mathew Boulton and James Watt.