James Nasmyth: Engineer an Autobiography

PREFACE, CHAPTER 1 My Ancestry, CHAPTER 2 Alexander Nasmyth, CHAPTER 3 An Artist's Family, CHAPTER 4 My Early Years, CHAPTER 5 My School-days, CHAPTER 6 Mechanical Beginnings, CHAPTER 7 Henry Maudslay, London, CHAPTER 8 Maudslay's Private Assistant, CHAPTER 9 Holiday in the Manufacturing Districts, CHAPTER 10 Begin Business at Manchester, CHAPTER 11 Bridgewater Foundry—Partnership, CHAPTER 12 Free Trade in Ability—The Strike—Death of my Father, CHAPTER 13 My Marriage—The Steam Hammer, CHAPTER 15 Steam Hammer Pile-driver, CHAPTER 16 Nuremberg—St. Petersburg—Dannemora. CHAPTER 17 More about Bridgewater Foundry—Woolwich Arsenal, CHAPTER 18 Astronomical pursuits, CHAPTER 19 More about Astronomy, CHAPTER 20 Retirement from Business, CHAPTER 21 Active leisure