883226340  

The Life of Sir John Fowler, Engineer / Thomas Mackay

Englisch

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press ; Place of publication not identified : publisher not identified, 1900

1 Online-Ressource (xii, 403 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Print version: ISBN 9781108057677

978-1-139-56554-7 : ebook

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-1-108-05767-7 (andere physische Form) : paperback

DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139565547

*Engineers -- Great Britain -- Biography

*Engineers ; Great Britain ; Biography

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: TA140.F7

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 620.0092;

As a civil engineer, Sir John Fowler (1817–98) devoted his life to the railways. His best-known achievements include the first railway bridge across the Thames in London, Manchester Central Station, the development of the London Underground and (with Sir Benjamin Baker) the Forth Bridge - arguably the most remarkable feat of engineering of the nineteenth century. Given access to friends and family papers, the author and social theorist Thomas Mackay (1849–1912) portrays a man who was fascinated by engineering as a child, and who continued to work up until his death. As a portrait of one of the architects of Victorian Britain, this biography, first published in 1900, will be of great interest to historians of the period as well as readers wishing to know more about the development of iconic infrastructure

Vervielfältigungen (z.B. Kopien, Downloads) sind nur von einzelnen Kapiteln oder Seiten und nur zum eigenen wissenschaftlichen Gebrauch erlaubt. Die Weitergabe an Dritte sowie systematisches Downloaden sind untersagt.