ISBN: 9780715342756 - brindley at wet earth colliery: engineering study (industrial history s.) (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 156 pages. Inscribed by R. B. Schofield on the front free endpaper - otherwise, the interior is clean and unmarked. Binding tight corners sharp. Dust jacket includes original price and has light wear to edges and corners. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. James Brindley is famous as the engineer who made the ambitious canal projects of the third Duke of Bridgewater into practical realities. Historians of these works sometimes give the impression that a country millwright, albeit one with a sound local reputation, stepped straight into the field of large engineering works on a national scale with his knowledge and ability ready formed as though by magic. This is unlikely. Even granting Brindley's flair and genius, such a sure grasp of his subject could only be the result of experience. Where and how was this 'know-how' acquired?This book sets out to lift a corner of the veil, by tracing the origin and devel-opment of one of Brindley's early as.…