Men of Invention and Industry

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MEN OF INVENTION AND INDUSTRY: Samuel Smiles 0:00
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CHAPTER I. PHINEAS PETT: BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH SHIP-BUILDING. 3:45
CHAPTER II. FRANCIS PETTIT SMITH: PRACTICAL INTRODUCER OF THE SCREW PROPELLER. 1:16:33
CHAPTER III.[1] JOHN HARRISON: INVENTOR OF THE MARINE CHRONOMETER. 1:53:11
CHAPTER IV. JOHN LOMBE: INTRODUCER OF THE SILK INDUSTRY INTO ENGLAND. 2:46:53
CHAPTER V. WILLIAM MURDOCK: HIS LIFE AND INVENTIONS. 3:06:57
CHAPTER VI. FREDERICK KOENIG: INVENTOR OF THE STEAM-PRINTING MACHINE. 4:00:28
CHAPTER VII. THE WALTERS OF THE TIMES: INVENTION OF THE WALTER PRESS. 4:42:36
CHAPTER VIII. WILLIAM CLOWES: INTRODUCER OF BOOK-PRINTING BY STEAM. 5:21:40
CHAPTER IX. CHARLES BIANCONI: A LESSON OF SELF-HELP IN IRELAND. 5:41:13
CHAPTER X. INDUSTRY IN IRELAND: THROUGH CONNAUGHT AND ULSTER, TO BELFAST. 6:38:56
CHAPTER XI. SHIPBUILDING IN BELFAST—ITS ORIGIN AND PROGRESS. 7:24:50
CHAPTER XII. ASTRONOMERS AND STUDENTS IN HUMBLE LIFE: A NEW CHAPTER IN THE 'PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE UNDER DIFFICULTIES.' 8:22:00