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040 _aPGUSA
_beng
042 _adc
050 4 _aT
100 1 _aSmiles, Samuel,
_d 1812-1904
245 1 0 _aMen of Invention and Industry
_h [electronic resource] /
_cSamuel Smiles
260 _bProject Gutenberg,
_c1996
505 0 _aPhineas Pett : beginnings of English shipbuilding -- Francis Pettit Smith, practical introducer of the screw propeller -- John Harrison, inventor of the marine chronometer -- John Lombe, introducer of the silk industry into England -- William Murdock, his life and inventions -- Frederick Koenig, inventor of the steam-printing machine -- The Walters of the "Times" : invention of the Walter press -- William Clowes : book-printing by steam -- Charles Bianconi : a lesson of self-help in Ireland -- Industry in Ireland : through Connaught and Ulster to Belfast -- Ship-building in Belfast / by E.J. Harland, engineer and shipbuilder -- Astronomers and students in humble life : a new chapter in the "Pursuit of knowledge under difficulties".
506 _aPublic domain in the USA.
516 _aText
653 _aIndustrial arts -- Biography
653 _aInventors -- Biography
830 0 _aProject Gutenberg
_v 725
856 4 0 _uhttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/725
999 _c14082
_d14082