In one of the few records of Sir Isaac Newton's life which he left for the benefit of others, the following comprehensive thought occurs: "It is certainly apparent that the inhabitants of this world are of a short date, seeing that all arts, as letters, ships, printing, the needle, were discovered within the memory of history."
An edition of Men of Invention and Industry
(1884)
Men of invention and industry
"New and revised edition."
by Samuel Smiles and Samuel Smiles
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Table of Contents
Phineas Pett, beginnings of English shipbuilding.
Francis Pettit Smith, practical introducer of the screw propeller.
John Harrison, inventor of the marine chronometer.
John Lombe, introducer of the silk industry into England.
William Murdock, his life and inventions.
Frederick Koenig, inventor of the steam-printing machine.
The Walters of the 'Times', invention of the Walter press.
William Clowes, book-printing by steam.
Charles Bianconi, a lesson of self-help in Ireland.
Industry in Ireland, through Connaught and Ulster to Belfast.
Harland, E. J. Ship-building in Belfast.
Astronomers and students in humble life, a new chapter in the 'Pursuit of knowledge under difficulties'.
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