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.
