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James Brindley

Name: James Brindley
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing
SKU: 9780852634851
Price: 7.95 EUR
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An Illustrated Life of James Brindley, 1716-1772

Autor: Harold Bode

Jazyk:

Väzba: Brožovaná

Vydavateľ: Bloomsbury Publishing

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James Brindley was of humble birth, from a remote part of Britain, and received little or no educati...

Informácie o knihe

Autor

Harold Bode

Jazyk

Angličtina

Väzba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydalo

1999

Stránok

EAN

9780852634851

Enbook ID

04739015

Vydavateľ

Bloomsbury Publishing

Hmotnosť

148

Rozmery

148 x 209 x 5

Kompletný popis

James Brindley was of humble birth, from a remote part of Britain, and received little or no education. Yet by sheer innate ability, he rose to be consulted and admired by the highest in the land. His first achievements were in harnessing wind and water to grind corn, to grind the flints needed in ever increasing quantities in the pottery industry and to drain mines. He also successfully constructed steam engines for the latter purpose. The turning point came when he joined the duke of Bridgewater and John Gilbert in constructing the Worlsey Canal to Manchester, Britain's first arterial canal. Its resounding success led to the construction of four thousand miles of inland waterways, largely by James Brindley, assistants trained by him and their successors, so that every town of size was on or near to a canal. James Brindley well deserved the title of 'Father of the British Waterways'.