Engineer An Autobiography

Engineer An Autobiography

James Nasmyth, scottish engineer and inventor famous for his development of the steam hammer (1808-1880)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- PREFACE

-03- MY ANCESTRY

-04- ALEXANDER NASMYTH

-05- AN ARTIST'S FAMILY

-06- MY EARLY YEARS

-07- MY SCHOOL DAYS

-08- MECHANICAL BEGINNINGS

-09- HENRY MAUDSLAY, LONDON

-10- MAUDSLAY'S PRIVATE ASSISTANT

-11- HOLIDAY IN THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS

-12- BEGIN BUSINESS AT MANCHESTER

-13- BRIDGEWATER FOUNDRY, PARTNERSHIP

-14- FREE TRADE IN ABILITY

-15- MY MARRIAGE, THE STEAM HAMMER

-16- TRAVELS IN FRANCE AND ITALY

-17- STEAM HAMMER PILE DRIVER

-18- NUREMBERG, ST. PETERSBURG, DANNEMORA

-19- MORE ABOUT BRIDGEWATER FOUNDRY,WOOLWICH ARSENAL

-20- ASTRONOMICAL PURSUITS

-21- MORE ABOUT ASTRONOMY

-22- RETIREMENT FROM BUSINESS

-23- ACTIVE LEISURE

-24- CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MECHANICAL INVENTIONS 

-25- THE SUN RAY ORIGIN OF THE PYRAMIDS AND CUNEIFORM CHARACTER.