Author: Dominique François J. Arago
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Languages : en
Pages : 290

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Author: California State Library
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1190

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Author: Luigi Carlo Farini
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Languages : en
Pages : 434

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Author: Denis Smith
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Category : Engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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The model for engineering biography that has developed in the UK was established in the nineteenth century by Samuel Smiles. His ideology and rhetoric shaped the way in which distinguished engineers have since been perceived. This book comprises a series of papers presented at a one-day conference in 1993. It examines two historiographic problems: the selection of engineers for immortalisation and the accumulation within engineering biography of folk traditions affecting both scholarly work and popular history. Aspects of the lives are re-evaluated, often with the help of newly uncovered contemporary evidence.

Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 582

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Author: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1046

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Author: James Patrick Muirhead
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Category : Inventors
Languages : en
Pages : 652

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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 856

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Author: Humphrey Jennings
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
ISBN: 1848315864
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433

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Collecting texts taken from letters, diaries, literature, scientific journals and reports, Pandæmonium gathers a beguiling narrative as it traces the development of the machine age in Britain. Covering the years between 1660 and 1886, it offers a rich tapestry of human experience, from eyewitness reports of the Luddite Riots and the Peterloo Massacre to more intimate accounts of child labour, Utopian communities, the desecration of the natural world, ground-breaking scientific experiments, and the coming of the railways. Humphrey Jennings, co-founder of the Mass Observation movement of the 1930s and acclaimed documentary film-maker, assembled an enthralling narrative of this key period in Britain's national consciousness. The result is a highly original artistic achievement in its own right. Thanks to the efforts of his daughter, Marie-Louise Jennings, Pandæmonium was originally published in 1985, and in 2012 it was the inspiration behind Danny Boyle's electrifying Opening Ceremony for the London Olympic Games. Frank Cottrell Boyce, who wrote the scenario for the ceremony, contributes a revealing new foreword for this edition.

Author: James Croston
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Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 488

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