Containing Interesting Descriptions in Non-Technical Language of the Nile Dam, the Panama Canal, the Tower Bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Trans-Siberian Railway, the Niagara Falls Power Co., Bermuda Floating Dock, etc. etc.
“A series of descriptions which rival one another in lucidity of explanation and in interest, both of subject and treatment.”—Manchester Courier.
“Men of any age will be interested in this volume; boys will be fascinated by it.”—Spectator.
“If there lives a boy who is fond of engineering and speaks the English tongue, this is the book for him.”—The Bookman.
With 24 Illustrations. Gilt edges. Price 5s.
Containing Interesting Descriptions in Non-Technical Language of the Rise and Development of the Railroad Systems in all Parts of the World.
“The book is crisply written, is brimful of incident not less than instruction, and should be as welcome to an intelligent lad as a Ballantyne story or a Mayne Reid romance.”—Glasgow Herald.
With 25 Illustrations.Crown 8vo, cloth Gilt, Gilt edges. Price 5s.