| Record ID | marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part17.utf8:9300905:1404 |
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001 85665552
003 DLC
005 19861219000000.0
008 861217s1885 nyu b 00110ceng c
010 $a 85665552
040 $aICU$cICU
050 1 $aT39$b.S62x 1885
100 10 $aSmiles, Samuel,$d1812-1904.
245 10 $aMen of invention and industry /$cby Samuel Smiles.
260 0 $aNew York :$bHarper & Brothers,$c1885.
300 $aiv, 382, 14 p. ;$c20 cm.
500 $aPublisher's advertisements: p. 1-14 at end.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPhineas Pett : beginnings of English shipbuilding -- 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".
650 0 $aInventors$xBiography.
650 0 $aIndustrial arts$xBiography.