Heroes of the laboratory and the workshop.
By: By C. L. Brightwell... A new ed., illustrated by John Absolon.
Publisher: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge
Published: 1860
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: Inventors.; Industrial arts -- Biography.
Table of contents: title: Richard Arkwright, the inventor of cotton machinery.; title: Claude Louis Berthollet, chemist.; title: James Brindley, originator of canal navigation.; title: William Caxton, the first English printer.; title: Benvenato Cellini, the gold worker.; title: Sir Humphry Davy, chemical philosopher.; title: Sebastian Erard and Claude Montal, pianoforte makers and tuners.; title: Graham and Breguet, watch and clock makers.; title: Lorenzo Ghilierti and Quintin Mataya, workers in metals.; title: Joseph Jarquard, and his loom.; title: Richard Lenoir, the French manufacturer.; title: Oberkampf and calico-printing in France.; title: Bernard Palissy, the potter.; title: John Rennie, the architect.; title: Jacques Boubo, carpenter and builder.; title: Alois Sennefelder, inventor of lithography.; title: George Stephenson, the engineer.; title: Vaucanson Automata; title: The steam engine.; title: Marquis of Worcester, Solomon de Caus, Newcomen, Watt.; title: Josias Wedgwood.  Enamelled stone-ware.; title: Rennequin.  Laurens, Harrison, Gobelin, and others.; title: Besaleci, Hiram, and Paul.