Men of Invention and Industry
  • PREFACE
  • CHAPTER I. PHINEAS PETT: BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH SHIP-BUILDING.
  • CHAPTER II. FRANCIS PETTIT SMITH: PRACTICAL INTRODUCER OF THE SCREW PROPELLER.
  • CHAPTER III.[1] JOHN HARRISON: INVENTOR OF THE MARINE CHRONOMETER.
  • CHAPTER IV. JOHN LOMBE: INTRODUCER OF THE SILK INDUSTRY INTO ENGLAND.
  • CHAPTER V. WILLIAM MURDOCK: HIS LIFE AND INVENTIONS.
  • CHAPTER VI. FREDERICK KOENIG: INVENTOR OF THE STEAM-PRINTING MACHINE.
  • CHAPTER VII. THE WALTERS OF THE TIMES: INVENTION OF THE WALTER PRESS.
  • CHAPTER VIII. WILLIAM CLOWES: INTRODUCER OF BOOK-PRINTING BY STEAM.
  • CHAPTER IX. CHARLES BIANCONI: A LESSON OF SELF-HELP IN IRELAND.
  • CHAPTER X. INDUSTRY IN IRELAND: THROUGH CONNAUGHT AND ULSTER, TO BELFAST.
  • CHAPTER XI. SHIPBUILDING IN BELFAST--ITS ORIGIN AND PROGRESS.
  • CHAPTER XII. ASTRONOMERS AND STUDENTS IN HUMBLE LIFE:
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