Great Engineers
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- Author(s) Layson, J F
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 189-
- Pages 414pp; illus
- Publisher Walter Scott
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Essays on the heroic achievements of 19th century civil and mechanical engineers, several of whom built substantial businesses. The volume is dominated by accounts of George Stephenson [pp9-120] and Robert Stephenson [pp121-232]. Others covered - all in much lesser detail - include: Richard Trevithick; William Hedley; Timothy Hackworth; Isambard L Brunel; Sir William Fairbairn; Lord Armstrong; Sir John Fowler; Sir Benjamin Fowler; Sir William Arrol. For relevant essays see individual BHE entries