MEN OF INVENTION AND INDUSTRY

by Samuel Smiles



"Men there have been, ignorant of letters; without art, without
eloquence; who yet had the wisdom to devise and the courage to
perform that which they lacked language to explain. Such men
have worked the deliverance of nations and their own greatness.
Their hearts are their books; events are their tutors; great
actions are their eloquence."--MACAULAY.

Contents.

Preface

CHAPTER I Phineas Pett:
Beginings of English Shipbuilding

CHAPTER II Francis Pettit Smith:
Practical introducer of the Screw Propeller

CHAPTER III John Harrison:
Inventor of the Marine Chronometer

CHAPTER IV John Lombe:
Introducer of the Silk Industry into England

CHAPTER V William Murdock: