Author: WARREN, KENNETH.
Title: Armstrong : The Life and Mind of an Armaments Maker.
Description: Reprint; 8vo; pp. xiii, 277; illustrations throughout text of which a few photographs, line drawings and maps, notes, bibliography, index; stiff illustrated wrapper; a fine copy. (Tyrne & Wear, U.K.) Northern Heritage, (2011). William George Armstrong was on of the leading and most successful of Great Britain's nineteenth century engineers. At Elswick he began a career in mechanical and civil engineering, moving onto armaments, and then on to naval and, at Walker mercantile shipbuilding.The book starts with his ancestry then covers his childhood and youth, his factories, Elswick and Woolwich. This book explores the life of a fascinating but puzzling man.
Keywords: William George Armstrong biography British history armanents maker mechanical and civil engineer
Title: Armstrong : The Life and Mind of an Armaments Maker.
Description: Reprint; 8vo; pp. xiii, 277; illustrations throughout text of which a few photographs, line drawings and maps, notes, bibliography, index; stiff illustrated wrapper; a fine copy. (Tyrne & Wear, U.K.) Northern Heritage, (2011). William George Armstrong was on of the leading and most successful of Great Britain's nineteenth century engineers. At Elswick he began a career in mechanical and civil engineering, moving onto armaments, and then on to naval and, at Walker mercantile shipbuilding.The book starts with his ancestry then covers his childhood and youth, his factories, Elswick and Woolwich. This book explores the life of a fascinating but puzzling man.
Keywords: William George Armstrong biography British history armanents maker mechanical and civil engineer
Price: AUD 25.00 = appr. US$ 17.30 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 103977
- Book number: 103977