Men of Invention and Industry

by Samuel Smiles

The life and works of famous entrepreneurs and inventors from various branches of industry, such as printing, ship-building and many more. Contains chapters on William Clowes, Sir E. J. Harland, John Lombe and others. Originally published in 1884.

316 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2001

About the author

Samuel Smiles (23 December 1812 – 16 April 1904), was a Scottish author and government reformer, who campaigned on a Chartist platform. But he concluded that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. His masterpiece, 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 it raised Smiles to celebrity status almost overnight.

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