James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography

ISBN: E100000000476 出版年：1996 页码： Nasmyth, James, 1808-1890 Project Gutenberg

Preface 1. My ancestry 2. Alexander Nasmyth 3. An artist's family 4. My early years 5. My school-days 6. Mechanical beginnings 7. Henry Maudsley, London 8. Maudsley's private assistant 9. Holiday in the manufacturing districts 10. Begin business at Manchester 11. Bridgewater Foundry - partnership 12. Free trade in ability - the strike - death of my father 13. My marriage - the steam hammer 14. Travels in France and Italy 15. Steam hammer pile driver 16. Nuremberg - St. Petersburg - Dannemora 17. More about Bridgewater Foundry - Woolwich Arsenal 18. Astronomical pursuits 19. More about astronomy 20. Retirement from business 21. Active leisure Chronological list of inventions and contrivances Sun-ray origin of the pyramids, and cuneiform character Index.