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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