Contents.
[Preface]
CHAPTER I [Phineas Pett:] Beginnings of English Shipbuilding
CHAPTER II [Francis Pettit Smith:] Practical Introducer of the Screw Propeller
CHAPTER III [John Harrison:] Inventor of the Marine Chronometer
CHAPTER IV [John Lombe:] Introducer of the Silk Industry into England
CHAPTER V [William Murdock:] His Life and Inventions
CHAPTER VI [Frederick Koenig:] Inventor of the Steam-printing Machine
CHAPTER VII [The Walters of 'The Times':] Inventor of the Walter Press
CHAPTER VIII [William Clowes:] Book-printing by Steam
CHAPTER IX [Charles Bianconi:] A Lesson of Self-Help in Ireland
CHAPTER X [Industry in Ireland:] Through Connaught and Ulster to Belfast
CHAPTER XI [Shipbuilding in Belfast:] By Sir E. J. Harland, Engineer and Shipbuilder
CHAPTER XII [Astronomers and students in humble life:] A new Chapter in the 'Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties'