Men of invention and industry
By: by Samuel Smiles.
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Published: 1885
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
Subjects: Inventors -- Biography; Industrial arts -- Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Publisher's advertisements: p. 1-14 at end.
Table of contents: title: Phineas Pett : beginnings of English shipbuilding; title: Francis Pettit Smith, practical introducer of the screw propeller; title: John Harrison, inventor of the marine chronometer; title: John Lombe, introducer of the silk industry into England; title: William Murdock, his life and inventions; title: Frederick Koenig, inventor of the steam-printing machine; title: The Walters of the "Times" : invention of the Walter press; title: William Clowes : book-printing by steam; title: Charles Bianconi : a lesson of self-help in Ireland; title: Industry in Ireland : through Connaught and Ulster to Belfast; title: Ship-building in Belfast / by E.T. Harland, engineer and shipbuilder; title: Astronomers and students in humble life : a new chapter in the "Pursuit of knowledge under difficulties".