Gillian Cookson: 3 books
Cable
Wire to the New World
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
The compelling story of how the first transatlantic cable was laid—updated with new imagesThis is the compelling story of the dramatic efforts to lay the Atlantic telegraph during the 1850s and 1960s, from the first failed attempts to the expedition that finally succeeded. An inconceivably audacious...
The Age of Machinery
Engineering the Industrial Revolution, 1770-1850
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
The engineers who built the first generations of modern textile machines, between 1770 and 1850, pushed at the boundaries of possibility. This book investigates these pioneering machine-makers, almost all working within textile communities in northern England, and the industry they created. It probes...
A Victorian Scientist and Engineer
Fleeming Jenkin and the Birth of Electrical Engineering
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
This title was first published in 2000: In a life of only 52 years, Fleeming Jenkin established his reputation as a pioneer in the new world of electrical engineering, known for his work on undersea telegraphs and later on the electrical transportation system known as telpherage. Equally at ease...