Lives of the Engineers; with an account of their principal works comprising also a history of inland communication in Britain. Volume 2

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Author(s) Smiles, Samuel
Publication type Monograph
Year published 1861
Pages 502pp; illus
Publisher John Murray
Place Published London

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Several subsequent editions including abridged, 'popular' and extended ones. Some essays were republished as separate volumes. The second edition was in parts 6 to 8, viz: 6] 'The life of John Smeaton' [pp3-89]; 7] 'The life of John Rennie' [pp93-284]; 8] 'The life of Thomas Telford' [pp287-493], Individual chapters covered in separate BHE entries