Author: Samuel Sidney
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Rides on Railways Leading to the Lake & Mountain Districts of Cumberland, North Wales ...
Author: Samuel Sidney
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The Book of British Topography
Author: John Parker Anderson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
The Book of British Topography. A Classified Catalogue of the Topographical Works in the Library of the British Museum Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
Author: John Parker Anderson
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385430135
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385430135
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Catalogue of the Hopkins Railway Library
Author: Stanford University. Libraries
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Railway People
Author: George Turner Smith
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1785898809
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A railway is not just a collection of machines, rails and buildings – it is also about people. Railway People tells of the wayward Brontë brother Branwell, and his extraordinary but short lived career as a station master. It recounts some little known episodes in the lives of the great railway engineers, including one conceming Isambard Brunel, whose barmy army of navvies took part in the last pitched battle to be seen on British soil. There are tales drawn from the diaries of the first railway police, by turns humorous and gripping. Much relate to railway’s early days and describe the steep learning curve required of the world’s first railwaymen as they engage with the novel technology. By turn the stories are funny, tragic and often surprising. There is heroism in the mix; the heroism of men such as 16 year old John Hackworth who led an expedition in winter across the snowy wastes of Russia to deliver the country’s first steam locomotive to its purchaser, Tsar Nicholas I, fighting off packs of hungry wolves on the way. There are twenty stories in total and all highlight some aspect of the lives of railway people, with all their quirks, faults, mistakes, genius and enterprise. Much original research went into the production of these interesting, informative stories. Most of what appears was originally published in railway magazines such as Michael Blakemore’s Backtrack and some was also published in an earlier incamation of the book titled Those Railway People.
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1785898809
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A railway is not just a collection of machines, rails and buildings – it is also about people. Railway People tells of the wayward Brontë brother Branwell, and his extraordinary but short lived career as a station master. It recounts some little known episodes in the lives of the great railway engineers, including one conceming Isambard Brunel, whose barmy army of navvies took part in the last pitched battle to be seen on British soil. There are tales drawn from the diaries of the first railway police, by turns humorous and gripping. Much relate to railway’s early days and describe the steep learning curve required of the world’s first railwaymen as they engage with the novel technology. By turn the stories are funny, tragic and often surprising. There is heroism in the mix; the heroism of men such as 16 year old John Hackworth who led an expedition in winter across the snowy wastes of Russia to deliver the country’s first steam locomotive to its purchaser, Tsar Nicholas I, fighting off packs of hungry wolves on the way. There are twenty stories in total and all highlight some aspect of the lives of railway people, with all their quirks, faults, mistakes, genius and enterprise. Much original research went into the production of these interesting, informative stories. Most of what appears was originally published in railway magazines such as Michael Blakemore’s Backtrack and some was also published in an earlier incamation of the book titled Those Railway People.
Catalogue of the Library of the Institution of Civil Engineers ...
Author: Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain). Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Institution of Civil Engineers ...: Pe-Z. Addenda: including the titles of works added to the library during the printing of the catalogue, and those omitted from the general body of the work. Appendix: being a catalogue of the horological library bequeathed to the institution by B.L. Vulliamy
Author: Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain). Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
New Perspectives in British Cultural History
Author: Rosalind Crone
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527566978
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
This book is composed of a selection of papers presented at a conference in Cambridge in December 2005. Cultural history is a relatively new sub-discipline. Over the past few decades, it has become increasingly apparent that a new generation of historians has emerged. These scholars have become concerned with research, sources and questions traditionally beyond the scope of the discipline of history. Indeed, recent monographs in history have demonstrated a growing awareness of the cultural imagination in analyses of patterns of change and continuity in the past. Such a movement has also encouraged the development of new networks between different disciplines in the Arts and Social Sciences. The authors of these chapters come from a wide range of academic backgrounds. While all are concerned with crucial issues of the past, they represent a substantial variety of disciplines. In addition to the historians are those trained and working in literary studies, art history, design, music and science. As early-career scholars, the research they present is cutting edge: these contributions represent the very latest trends in cultural studies and demonstrate the attempts of new researchers to answer the most current and challenging questions that are being proposed in this field.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527566978
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
This book is composed of a selection of papers presented at a conference in Cambridge in December 2005. Cultural history is a relatively new sub-discipline. Over the past few decades, it has become increasingly apparent that a new generation of historians has emerged. These scholars have become concerned with research, sources and questions traditionally beyond the scope of the discipline of history. Indeed, recent monographs in history have demonstrated a growing awareness of the cultural imagination in analyses of patterns of change and continuity in the past. Such a movement has also encouraged the development of new networks between different disciplines in the Arts and Social Sciences. The authors of these chapters come from a wide range of academic backgrounds. While all are concerned with crucial issues of the past, they represent a substantial variety of disciplines. In addition to the historians are those trained and working in literary studies, art history, design, music and science. As early-career scholars, the research they present is cutting edge: these contributions represent the very latest trends in cultural studies and demonstrate the attempts of new researchers to answer the most current and challenging questions that are being proposed in this field.
A Catalogue of Rare and Choice Books, Principally Americana
Author: Arthur H. Clark Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americana
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americana
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Author: Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description