Item #329517 Heroes of science. : Mechanicians. / By T.C. Lewis ... Pub. under the direction of the Committee of general literature and education appointed by the Society for promoting Christian knowledge. Thomas Crompton Lewis.

Heroes of science. : Mechanicians. / By T.C. Lewis ... Pub. under the direction of the Committee of general literature and education appointed by the Society for promoting Christian knowledge

1884, First Edition. London New York : Society for promoting Christian knowledge ; E. & J.B. Young and Co. Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.Includes previous owner's signature. Item #329517

Physical description; xiv, 1 leaf, 340 pages. Contents; Introductory.--The first steam-engines.--James Watt.--George Stephensen.--Sir Richard Arkwright.--Samuel Crompton, the inventor of the mule.--Henry Maudsley.--Joseph Clement.--James Nasmyth.--Sir Joseph Whitworth.--Charles Babbage. Subjects; Inventors. Science ; Juvenile literature. Machinery. Mechanics, Applied.

Price: €45.00

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