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Stories of Great British Men and their Great Feats of engineering - diverting the Thames, draining vast swamps, etc. A very popular work at the time, extolling the will and spirit of heroic figures, turning acts of engineering into ripping tales.

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J. Murray Albemarle Street
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English

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Subjects

Biography, Engineering, Engineers, History, Roads, Steam-engine, Britain, Engineers, biography, Roads, great britain

People

George Stephenson (1781-1848), James Brindley, James Watt (1736-1819), John Metcalf (1717-1810), John Metcalfe (1717-1810), John Rennie, John Rennie (1761-1821), John Smeaton (1724-1792), Matthew Boulton, Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), Robert Stephenson (1803-1859), Thomas Telford

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Great Britain

Times

18th-19th century Britain.

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Lives of the Engineers: Selections from Samuel Smiles
June 15, 1966, The MIT Press
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Lives of the engineers
1904, J. Murray Albemarle Street
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Lives of the engineers: with an account of their principal works : comprising also a history of inland communication in Britain
1862, J. Murray
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Lives of the engineers: with an account of their principal works : comprising also a history of inland communication in Britain.
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Table of Contents

[v. 1]. Early engineering. Vermuyden. Myddelton. Perry. James Brindley
[v. 2]. Harbours, lighthouses, bridges. Smeaton and Rennie
[v. 3]. History of roads. Metcalfe, Telford
[v. 4]. The steam-engine. Boulton and Watt
[v. 5]. The locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson.

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Includes index.

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5 v. :

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OL14476018M
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3580897

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