Ten Engineers Who Made Britain Great: The Men Behind the Industrial Revolution (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781803991122)

Samuel Smiles published his "Lives of the Engineers" in 1862, presenting engineers as heroic characters, conquering nature and often overcoming impossible problems on their way to success. He also invented much of it, so while an interesting historical document, it must be taken with a pinch of salt. Anthony Burton has turned his attention to a new book collating the lives of the great engineers of the 18th and 19th centuries, the extraordinary men who made the industrial revolution possible. This definitive study investigates the common themes that run between each man's story, and how they learned from one another, truly standing on the shoulders of giants. This book presents ten incredible engineers: Jack Metcalf, James Brindley, John Smeaton, William Jessop, John Rennie, Thomas Telford, James Watt, Richard Trevithick, George and Robert Stephenson, and Isambard Brunel.

Author: Anthony Burton
ISBN-10: 1803991127
ISBN-13: 9781803991122
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 06/09/2023
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.13h x 6.06w x 0.71d