"Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool Makers" by Samuel Smiles is a 19th-century book paying tribute to the ironworkers and toolmakers who greatly impacted society, and whose contributions may have gone unnoticed. Beginning with the vital role of iron in civilization's growth, the book highlights its transformative effect on early life. Referencing stories of early explorers interacting with more primitive cultures, Smiles points out how valuable iron tools were. By laying out the progression through the different stages of human development, the Stone, Bronze, and Iron eras, it creates anticipation for the stories of inventors and mechanics who would greatly alter industries and enhance daily life in the chapters that follow.
Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool Makers
By Samuel Smiles
Discover the untold stories of the unsung heroes whose iron tools shaped civilization itself.
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1996-01-01
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About the AuthorSamuel Smiles was a British author and government reformer. Although he campaigned on a Chartist platform, he promoted the idea that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. His primary work, Self-Help (1859), promoted thrift and claimed that poverty was caused largely by irresponsible habits, while also attacking materialism and laissez-faire government. It has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism" and had lasting effects on British political thought.
Samuel Smiles was a British author and government reformer. Although he campaigned on a Chartist platform, he promoted the idea that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. His primary work, Self-Help (1859), promoted thrift and claimed that poverty was caused largely by irresponsible habits, while also attacking materialism and laissez-faire government. It has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism" and had lasting effects on British political thought.
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