SMILES, Samuel. Lives of the Engineers, with an account of their principal works , London: John Murray 1861-62, 3 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION, 7 engraved portraits including frontispieces (lightly spotted, a few leaves almost detached), original cloth (spines faded, extremities worn). With the following titles from the Scott Library: Francis Trevithick Life of Richard Trevithick (London, 1872), W. J. Macquorn Rankine A Memoir of John Elder (Edinburgh & London, 1871), John Scott Russell Systematic Technical Education for the English People (London, 1869), British Engineers and allied Professions in the Twentieth Century (Brighton, 1910), and 6 other volumes of biography. (13)
SMILES, Samuel. Lives of the Engineers, with an account of their principal works , London: John Murray 1861-62, 3 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION, 7 engraved portraits including frontispieces (lightly spotted, a few leaves almost detached), original cloth (spines faded, extremities worn). With the following titles from the Scott Library: Francis Trevithick Life of Richard Trevithick (London, 1872), W. J. Macquorn Rankine A Memoir of John Elder (Edinburgh & London, 1871), John Scott Russell Systematic Technical Education for the English People (London, 1869), British Engineers and allied Professions in the Twentieth Century (Brighton, 1910), and 6 other volumes of biography. (13)
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