ISBN-13: 9783957387929 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 328 str.
Collection of biographies of celebrated inventors, mechanics, and iron-workers - the founders of the modern industry of Britain. Contains chapters on the Darbys of Coalbrookdale, Dud Dudley, James Nasmyth and many more. Samuel Smiles gives a wonderful historic overview on the British iron and steel industrie. Originally released in 1863.