HERITAGE OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
- the brown and gold collection

The Mechanical Principles of Engineering - Henry Moseley
London 1843; 656pp, 214mm x 140mm

This is the first book in English on modern engineering theory. It is based on a course of lectures that the Reverend Henry Moseley gave to students at Kings College, London, covering statics, dynamics, the theory of machines and the strength of materials and from which the designs of iron bridges by Brunel and Robert Stevenson were founded. £45. Order

A Practical Treatise of Cast & Wrought Iron Bridges - William Humber
London 1857; 236pp; 400mm x 280mm

Humber published this striking volume in which he provides a fascinating insight, both in words and pictures, of the use of bridges and girders in railway construction and buildings. It is extensively illustrated with 52 plates. £75 Order

Life of James Watt - James Patrick Muirhead
London 1858; 608pp, 214mm x 140mm

No study of the Industrial Revolution would be complete without an examination of this famous biography of the engineer and instrument maker, James Watt. To Watt's ingenuity the world owes not only the modern steam engine, but the discovery of the composition of water, the invention of the hydrometer and the marine screw propeller. This volume is extensively illustrated. £45 Order

Railway Practice – Samuel Charles Brees
140pp + 63 plates + 15 pull-out charts, 280 x 225mm

Only 12 years after the inaugural run of Stephenson’s ‘No 1 Locomotion’ this volume, describing the development of the railways, first appeared in print. It covers bridge and viaduct construction and is extensively illustrated with 78 plates. £65.00  Order

Travaux Publics des Etats-Unis Amerique en 1870 - J.&E. Malzieux
Paris 1873-4; 2566pp + 7 pull-out charts, 214mm x 140mm

This work comprises two slim volumes and provides an unusual view of the state of engineering in the US in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The Malzieux brothers detail their railway journey from New York to San Francisco via Montreal. £40 Order

SPECIAL SET PRICE (5 volumes) £175