TY - BOOK ID - 85472577 TI - Lives of the Engineers : With an Account of their Principal Works; Comprising Also a History of Inland Communication in Britain. PY - 1862 SN - 1139381547 1108052940 PB - Place of publication not identified : Cambridge : publisher not identified, Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Engineers KW - Engineering KW - Roads KW - Technology & Engineering KW - Travel UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85472577 AB - A political and social reformer, Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) was also a noted biographer in the Victorian period. Following the engineer's death in 1848, Smiles published his highly successful Life of George Stephenson in 1857 (also reissued in this series). His interest in engineering evolved and he began working on biographies of Britain's most notable engineers from the Roman to the Victorian era. Originally published in three volumes between 1861 and 1862, this work contains detailed and lively accounts of the educations, careers and pioneering work of seven of Britain's most accomplished engineers. These volumes stand as a remarkable undertaking, advancing not only the genre, but also the author's belief in what hard work could achieve. Volume 3 includes a revised version of Smiles's biography of George Stephenson (1781-1848), as well as a biography of his equally famous son, Robert (1803-59). ER -