Industrial Biography - Iron Workers and Tool Makers

By Samuel Smiles

This is a facsimile reprint of Smiles' lesser known work which details the early history and development of iron working and engineering from the middle ages. A f...

James Brindley and the Early Engineers

By Samuel Smiles

A facsmile repirnt of one of the earliest books on water engineering. The first part of the book covers the work of Vermuyden, Myddleton, Perry, Trew, Matthews, Yarran...