Lives of the Engineers : With an Account of their Principal Works; Comprising Also a History of Inland Communication in Britain

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Following the success of his Life of George Stephenson in 1857, the author and social reformer Samuel Smiles (1812–1904) published this three-volume work between 1861 and 1862. Spanning from the Roman to Victorian period, it provides fascinating biographies of Britain's most notable engineers, including detailed accounts of their pioneering work.