Sweat and Inspiration: Pioneers of the Industrial Age by Martin Worth
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Sweat and Inspiration
Summary
The story of the great engineering pioneers of the 19th century who transformed the pastoral landscape of Britain in 1800 into the kind of environment we live in today. Heroic engineers and designers featured include Isambard Kingdom Brunel, George and Robert Stephenson and Thomas Telford.
Sweat and Inspiration Summary
Table of Contents
Danger at sea; smoke on the road; the rock attacked; beneath the Thames; the light shines out; a canal in the sky; fathers and sons; dreams across the ocean; defeat and disaster; the old men bow out; no stopping the Iron Horse; trains and tunnel triumphant; end of an era; a bridge to a new world.
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GOR004147866
9780750926751
0750926759
Sweat and Inspiration: Pioneers of the Industrial Age by Martin Worth
Used - Very Good
Paperback
The History Press Ltd
20010215
224
N/A
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