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James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography

by James Nasmyth

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter 1 — My Ancestry
  3. 3Chapter 2 — Alexander Nasmyth
  4. 4Chapter 3 — An Artist’s Family
  5. 5Chapter 4 — My Early Years
  6. 6Chapter 5 — My School-days
  7. 7Chapter 6 — Mechanical Beginnings
  8. 8Chapter 7 — Henry Maudslay, London
  9. 9Chapter 8 — Maudslay’s Private Assistant
  10. 10Chapter 9 — Holiday in the Manufacturing Districts
  11. 11Chapter 10 — Begin Business at Manchester
  12. 12Chapter 11 — Bridgewater Foundry — Partnership
  13. 13Chapter 12 — Free Trade in Ability — The Strike — Death of My Father
  14. 14Chapter 13 — My Marriage — The Steam Hammer
  15. 15Chapter 14 — Travels in France and Italy
  16. 16Chapter 15 — Steam Hammer Pile-driver
  17. 17Chapter 16 — Nuremberg — St. Petersburg — Dannemora
  18. 18Chapter 17 — More About Bridgewater Foundry — Woolwich Arsenal
  19. 19Chapter 18 — Astronomical Pursuits
  20. 20Chapter 19 — More About Astronomy
  21. 21Chapter 20 — Retirement From Business
  22. 22Chapter 21 — Active Leisure
  23. 23Chronological List of Mechanical Inventions and Technical Contrivances
  24. 24The Sun-Ray Origin of the Pyramids and Cuneiform Character

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