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Eminent engineers; brief biographies of thirty-two of the inventors and engineers who did most tofurther mechanical progress, by Dwight Goddard

"These short biographies were originally written from 1903 to 1906 and issued in monthly numbers by Wyman & Gordon, manufacturers of drop forgings, Worcester, Mass., and Cleveland, Ohio."--Pref. siris ...
The Desert Sun

Victorian inventors offer cautionary tale for today's tech bros

Are tech bros the new Victorians? I’m sure they wouldn’t think so. In fact, I’m sure they’d be deeply insulted by the notion. The Victorians of our imagination are staid fuddy-duddies—and the captains ...