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An edition of Lives of the engineers (1861)

Lives of the engineers

with an account of their principal works : comprising also a history of inland communication in Britain

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  • 2 Want to read

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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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

Places

Great Britain

Times

18th-19th century Britain.

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Cover of: Lives of the Engineers
Lives of the Engineers: Selections from Samuel Smiles
June 15, 1966, The MIT Press
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Lives of the engineers...
1874, 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
1862, J. Murray
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Cover of: Lives of the engineers
Lives of the engineers: with an account of their principal works : comprising also a history of inland communication in Britain.
1861, J. Murray

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Table of Contents

I. Early works of embanking and draining. Life of Sir Hugh Myddelton. Early roads and modes of travelling. Bridges, harbours, and ferries. Life of James Brindley
II. Life of John Smeaton. Life of John Rennie. Life of Thomas Telford
III. George and Robert Stephenson
IV. Mathew Boulton and James Watt.

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Biography.
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Landmarks II.

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Microform
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3 v.

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OL7047827M
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livesofengineers01smilrich
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8635239, 80575935

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