Название: Ten Engineers Who made Britain Great: The Men Behind the Industrial Revolution
Автор: Anthony Burton
Издательство: The History Press
ISBN: 1803991127
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 294
Размер: 17,3 МБ
Язык: Английский
Samuel Smiles published Lives of the Engineers in 1862. The noted biographer presented his engineers as heroic progress makers who conquered nature and overcame impossible obstacles to drive the Industrial Revolution forward, but included twisted and often fabricated accounts in his work.