Heroes of the Laboratory and the Workshop

Year: 1859
Place: London
Publisher: George Routledge and Sons
Edition: 1st
Language: EN
Pages: 222
Condition: VG
Cover condition: G
Binding: HC

- CONTENTS:

RICHARD ARKWRIGHT-THE INVENTOR OF COTTON MACHINERY  1

CLAUDE LOUIS BERTHOLLET - CHEMIST  9

JAMES BRINDLEY  - ORIGINATOR OF CANAL NAVIGATION  17

WILLLIAM CAXTON - THE FIRST ENGLISH PRINTER  26

BENVENUTO CELLINI - THE GOLD WORKER  35

SIR HUMPHRY DAVY  -CHEMlCAL PHILOSOPHER  44

SEBASTIAN ERARD AXD CLAUDE MONTAL - PIANOFORTE MAKERS AND TUNERS  55

GRAHAM AND BREGUET - WATCH AND CLOCK MAKERS  63

LORENZO GHIBERTI AND QUINTIN MATSYS - WORKERS IN METALS  74

OBERKAMPF AND CALICO - PRINTING IN FRANCE  98

JOSEPH JACQUARD, AND HIS LOOM  80

RICHARD LENOIR - THE FRENCH MANUFACTURER  88

BERNARD PALISSY - THE POTTER  106

JOHN RENNIE - THE ARCHITECT  124

JACQUES ROUBO - CARPENTER AND BUILDER  133

ALOIS SENNEFELDER - INVENTOR OF LITHOGRAPHY  141

GEORGE STEPHENSON - THE ENGINEER  150

VAUCANSON - AUTOMATA 166

THE STEAM-ENGINE - MARQUIS OF WORCESTER - SOLOMON DE CAUS - NEWCOMEN - WATT  172

JOSIAS WEDGWOOD - ENAMELLED STONE-WARE   190

RENNEQUIN-LAURENS-HARRISON-GOBELIN, AND OTHERS  203

BEZALEEL-HJRAM-AND PAUL 212.