1 option
Men of invention and industry / by Samuel Smiles.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1885 Smiles
Available in person
Request an item
Access options
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inventors.
- Industrial arts--Biography.
- Industrial arts.
- Physical Description:
- iv, 382 p. ; 19 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper & Brothers, 1885.
- Contents:
- Phineas Pett: beginnings of English ship-building
- Francis Pettit Smith: practical introducer of the screw propeller
- John Harrison: inventor of the marine chronometer
- John Lombe: introducer of the silk industry into England
- William Murdock: his life and inventions
- Frederick Koenig: inventor of the steam-printing machine
- The Walters of "The Times;" invention of the Walter Press
- William Clowes: book-printing by steam
- Charles Bianconi: a lesson of self-help in Ireland
- Industry in Ireland: through Connaught and Ulster to Belfast
- Ship-building in Belfast: by E. T. Harland, engineer and shipbuilder
- Astronomers and students in humble life: a new chapter in the "pursuit of knowledge under difficulties."
- Notes:
- Publisher's advertisement, 14 pages at end.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Red cloth, with author's signature in gilt.
- Athenaeum copy: John Livezey Fund bookplate.
- OCLC:
- 1334754
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.