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MEN OF INVENTION AND INDUSTRY
by
Samuel Smiles
Contents.
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: A NEW CHAPTER IN THE 'PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE UNDER DIFFICULTIES.'
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