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  • Pilkington Brothers and the Glass Industry

    de T. C. Barker ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1960, Pilkington Brothers and the Glass Industry is a comprehensive economic history of the glass industry in Britain. It charts the story of Pilkington Brothers and the manufacture of window and plate glass in Britain up to 1914. The epilogue to the book discusses the events that impacted the glass industry from 1914–1959.The volume gives an extensive account of the family ... Leer más

    $45.99 USD

  • A Merseyside Town in the Industrial Revolution

    St Helens 1750-1900

    First published in 1994. This book is an outstanding product of St Helens, as remarkable in its way as sheetglass and Beechams pills. It is the first full scale nineteenth century history of a small industrial town as distinct from the bigger and better-known cities and as such it deserves to be very widely read and studied. ... Leer más

    $94.99 USD

  • Economic History of Transport in Britain

    Series series Economic History
    Published in 2005, Economic History of Transport Britain is a valuable contribution to the field of Economic History. ... Leer más

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  • Iron, Steam & Money

    The Making of the Industrial Revolution

    de Roger Osborne ...
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  • Exploring West Yorkshire's History - The City of Bradford

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  • Huddersfield Mills

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    A survey of the early textile mills of the famed English town, and work and life amid the Industrial Revolution, with photos and illustrations.In this fascinating survey, Vivien Teasdale documents the mills of Huddersfield—some now demolished, others repurposed, and a few still connected with the modern textile industry. Teasdale also recalls the people whose livelihood depended on the mills—the ... Leer más

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  • London's Industrial Heritage

    Did you know that apart from Lancashire, the greatest concentration of Boulton & Watt steam engines was in London, demonstrating the enormous and often overlooked significance of London as an industrial centre? The story behind the many industries found in the capital is described in this unique book. London once had scores of breweries; the world's first plastic material was synthesised in the ... Leer más

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  • George and Robert Stephenson

    A Passion for Success

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    From poverty to immense wealth, from humble beginnings to international celebrity, George and Robert Stephenson's was an extraordinary joint career. Together they overshadow all other engineers, with the possible exception of Robert's friend Isambard Kingdom Brunel, for one vital reason: they were winners. For them it was not enough to follow the progress made by others. They had to be the best. ... Leer más

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    de Keith Gregson ...
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  • Robert Stephenson – The Eminent Engineer

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    Robert Stephenson, the leading engineer of the mid-nineteenth century whose substantial public works brought about considerable social change is now the subject of this excellent new biography: Robert Stephenson - The Eminent Engineer. Stephenson's engineering practice was responsible for major railway building programmes in Britain and overseas. He oversaw the building of many bridges, ... Leer más

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