Blinded by smallpox at the age of six, John Metcalf (17171810), popularly known as Blind Jack of Knaresborough, nevertheless became one of the eighteenth centurys great road builders. Published in 1795, his engaging memoirs recount an eventful li...Lasīt vairāk
A distinguished consulting engineer and professor of civil engineering, Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (18391907) specialised in canals, docks, and river works. This illustrated two-volume survey covers the design and construction of tidal and floo...Lasīt vairāk
Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (18391907) drew on a distinguished career in canal and river engineering for this illustrated two-volume survey, here reissued in its enlarged 1896 second edition. Having started as an assistant to the civil engineer...Lasīt vairāk
The politician Sir Henry Parnell (17761842) was instrumental in the improvement of the important road linking London with Holyhead, a major port for communication with Dublin. In 1833 Parnell published this thorough explanation of road construction...Lasīt vairāk
This biography of civil engineer Thomas Telford (17571834) was published in 1867 by Samuel Smiles, author of Self-Help. Deriving from Smiles three-volume Lives of the Engineers, it brings together accounts of road travel by earlier writers, and of...Lasīt vairāk
By the late nineteenth century, charges imposed on Manchester companies for the use of Liverpools docks and the connecting railway had created an atmosphere of resentment within the business community. The Manchester Ship Canal was to play a major p...Lasīt vairāk
Replete with engravings, this four-volume work presents details of British and foreign participants at Londons International Exhibition of 1862. A diverse range of industries is represented, including mining, engineering, textiles, printing and phot...Lasīt vairāk
Replete with engravings, this four-volume work presents entries for British and foreign participants at Londons International Exhibition of 1862....Lasīt vairāk
Replete with engravings, this four-volume work presents entries for British and foreign participants at Londons International Exhibition of 1862....Lasīt vairāk
Replete with engravings, this four-volume work presents entries for British and foreign participants at Londons International Exhibition of 1862....Lasīt vairāk
Replete with engravings, this four-volume work presents entries for British and foreign participants at Londons International Exhibition of 1862....Lasīt vairāk
Drawing on first-hand testimony, this two-volume 1864 biography of Robert Stephenson (1803-59) traces his railway and civil engineering career....Lasīt vairāk
Drawing on first-hand testimony, this two-volume 1864 biography of Robert Stephenson (1803-59) traces his railway and civil engineering career....Lasīt vairāk
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From the steam locomotive Rocket to the Britannia Bridge, the work of Robert Stephenson (180359) helped consolidate the foundations of the modern engineering profession. Drawing on the testimony of relatives and contemporaries, this 1864 biography b...Lasīt vairāk
The 1888 seventh edition of the biography of the civil engineering contractor at the forefront of nineteenth-century railway construction....Lasīt vairāk
