James Nasmyth by James Nasmyth
James Nasmyth - Engineer. An Autobiography by James Nasmyth. Edited by Samuel Smiles. Published in 1883 by John Murray of Albemarle Street, London, it is an interesting but unreliable memoir.
Preface | |
Chapter I | My Ancestry |
Chapter II | Alexander Nasmyth |
Chapter III | An Artist's Family |
Chapter IV | My Early Years |
Chapter V | My School Days |
Chapter VI | Mechanical Beginnings |
Chapter VII | Henry Maudsley, London. |
Chapter VIII | Maudsley's Private Assistant |
Chapter IX | Holiday in the Manufacturing Districts |
Chapter X | Begin Business in Manchester |
Chapter XI | Bridgewater Foundry - Partnership |
Chapter XII | Free Trade in Ability - The Strike - Death of my Father |
Chapter XIII | My Marriage - The Steam Hammer |
Chapter XIV | Travels in France and Italy |
Chapter XV | Steam Hammer Pile Driver |
Chapter XVI | Nuremberg - St. Petersburg - Dannemora |
Chapter XVII | More about Bridgewater Foundry - Woolwich Arsenal |
Chapter XVIII | Astronomical Pursuits |
Chapter XIX | More about Astronomy |
Chapter XX | Retirement from Business |
Chapter XXI | Active Leisure |
Chronological List | Chronological List of Mechanical Inventions and Technical Contrivances |
Sun-Ray | Sun-Ray Origin of the Pyramids, and the Cuneiform Character |
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