The John Crerar Library
A list of Books on the History of Industry and industrial Arts

46 ____________ ________ _________________ BOOKS ON THE HISTORY OF INDUSTRY Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904. 620.92 S641 281(5 Lives of the engineers, with an account of their principal works; comprising also a history of inland communication in Britain. By Samuel Smiles______ With portraits and numerous illustra- tions. Vol. I—III______ London, J. Murray, 1862. 3 vol. 23cm. Contents. — vol. i. i. Early works of embanking and draining. 2. Life of Sir Hugh Myddelton. 3. Early roads and modes of travelling. 4. Bridges, harbours, and ferries. 5. Life of James Brindley. Fifth thousand, xvi, [2], 484 p. front., illus., I port. — vol. 2. 6. Life of John Smeaton. 7. Life of John Rennie. 8. Life of Thomas Telford. Fifth thousand, xiv, 502 p. front., illus., 2 port.—vol. 3. George and Robert Stephenson, xx, [4], 512 p. front., illus., I port. Ancient times Barber, Francis M , 1845— 620.932 Qooi 72074 The mccjianjcai triumphs of the ancient Egyptians. By Com- mander F. M. Barber, ... . London, K. Paul, Trench, Triibner & Co., ltd., 1900. x, 123, [l] p. illus., 12 pl. (1 fold.), I fold, diagr. i8iem. Germain de Montauzan, C L620.937 Q900 Essai sur la science et Part de 1’ingenieur aux premiers siedes de 1 Empire Romain, par C. Germain de Montauzan, .... Paris, E. Leroux, 1909. xviii, 122, [2] p. illus, incl. diagrs., 3 pl. (1 fold.) 25^°“. “Index bibliographique,” p. [xv]-xviii. Merckel, Curt. L620.93 P900 27433 Die Ingenieurtechnik im Alterthum. xix,[ 13,658 p. 261 il. I map. Q. Berlin: J. Springer, 1899. “Litteratur-Nachweis” at the end of each chapter. Nineteenth and twentieth centuries Alexander, John. 621.09284 A376 46167 The two Stephensons, pioneers of the railway system, by John Alexander .... Fully illustrated. London, S. W. Partridge & Co., [1903]. 160 p. front, (port.), illus. I9icm. Bridier, Louis, 1830— 620.9250 B76 99389 Une famille frangaise. Les de Lesseps, par L. Bridier, .... Pa- ris, A. Fontemoing, 1900. [6], 533, [6] p. 23c«. Burge, Charles Ormsby. 620.9213 Bgi The adventures of a civil engineer. Fifty years on five conti- nents. By C. O. Burge, ... . London, A. Rivers, ltd., 1909. xiv» [2], 319, [1] p. front., 7 pl. 22cm.