Men of invention and industry
By: by Samuel Smiles.
Edition: "New and revised edition."
Publisher: J. Murray
Published: 1890
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
Subjects: Inventors.; Industrial arts -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
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: Harland, E. J. Ship-building in Belfast.; title: Astronomers and students in humble life, a new chapter in the 'Pursuit of knowledge under difficulties'.