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1	Narrow boat more books like this by L T C Rolt $17.50 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist First published in 1944, and now reissued with a new section of black and white plates, this book has become a classic on its subject, and may be said to have started a revival of interest in the English waterways. It was on a spring day in 1939 that L.T.C Rolt first stepped aboard Cressy. This engaging book tells the story of how he and his wife ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $17.50! \| first editions
2	Isambard Kingdom Brunel more books like this by L. T. C. Rolt $5.92 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $5.92! new only from $16.26! \| first editions
3	George and Robert Stephenson: The Railway Revolution more books like this by L T C Rolt $10.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist The railways were the most revolutionary innovation of Victorian times. They carried Britain into the modern age with dramatic speed, transforming the pace and style of everyday life. We owe them to two men who, father and son, can lay claim to be the most important engineers of their time, George and Robert Stephenson. In this excellent biography ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $18.70! \| first editions \| SVS
4	From sea to sea: the Canal du Midi more books like this by L T Rolt $18.88 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $14.06! first editions \| SVS
5	The Balloonists: The History of the First Aeronauts more books like this by L T C Rolt $5.16 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist First published in 1966 as "The Aeronauts: A History of Ballooning 1783-1903", this book is a complete history of balloons and the intrepid men who flew in them. Beginning in 1783, the year in which balloons first took flight, it ends in 1903, the year in which the Wright Brothers first heavier-than-air flight at Kittyhawk changed the history of ... see all copies from $4.16! new only from $8.45!
6	Brunel by L.T.C. Rolt $21.22 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist At nineteen, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was in charge, under his father, of an engineering work that excited the wonder of Europe: the Thames tunnel, completed in 1843. Twice it disastrously flooded while he was in it. At twenty-five, he designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge, which was completed posthumously in 1864 using chains from his own ... see all copies from $9.66! new only from $9.66!
7	Tools for the job : a history of machine tools to 1950 more books like this by L. T. C. Rolt, Science Museum (Great Britain) $40.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $40.00!
8	Navigable waterways more books like this by L. T. C. Rolt $99.86 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $8.24! first editions
9	The aeronauts; a history of ballooning, 1783-1903 more books like this by L. T. C. Rolt $6.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The landscape trilogy : the autobiography of L.T.C. Rolt more books like this by L. T. C. Rolt $17.57 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist Over many years L.T.C. Rolt wrote a huge number of books, a number of which are now regarded as classics. He wrote biographies on the great British engineers, such as Brunel and the Stephensons. This collection comprises his three-part autobiography. see all copies from $15.49! new only from $18.19!
11	Victorian engineering more books like this by L. T. C. Rolt $64.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Describing the course of British engineering throughout the 19th century, this survey gives accounts of such major developments as the building of the railways, the growth of ship-building and the introduction of gas and electricity. It examines the individual achievements of Brunel, Joseph Paxton and Robert Stephenson among others, and explains ... see all copies from $3.37! first editions
12	Landscape with canals more books like this by L. T. C. Rolt $20.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $17.94! first editions
13	James Watt. more books like this by L. T. C. Rolt $15.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $3.82! first editions
14	Motoring: a Pictorial History of the First 150 Years by L. T. C. Rolt $5.04 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $2.94! first editions
15	The railway revolution; George and Robert Stephenson. more books like this by L. T. C. Rolt $8.45 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $6.50! first editions \| SVS
16	Thomas Telford more books like this by L T C Rolt $18.71 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Thomas Telford, the son of a shepherd, was born in Westerkirk, Scotland in 1757. At the age of 14, he was apprenticed to a stonemason. He worked for a time in Edinburgh and in 1792, he moved to London where he was involved in building additions to Somerset House. Two years later, he found work at Portsmouth dockyard. In 1787, he became surveyor of ... see all copies from $3.99! first editions
17	Landscape with machines: an autobiography more books like this by L. T. C. Rolt add to wishlist see all copies from $17.94! first editions
18	Landscape with Canals: The Second Part of His Autobiography more books like this by L T Rolt $9.60 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist L.T.C. Rolt's fame rests on the fact that he was unique in producing works of literature from subject matter which had not before been considered the stuff of literature - engineering, canals, railways, steam engines, agricultural machinery and vintage cars - as demonstrated in his biographies of Brunel, Telford, Trevithick and the Stephensons. ... see all copies from $9.60! SVS
19	Best railway stories more books like this by L. T. C. Rolt (Compiled by) $25.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $19.47! first editions
20	Landscape with Machines: The First Part of His Autobiography more books like this by L T Rolt add to wishlist see all copies from $17.69!
21	Look at railways more books like this by L. T. C. Rolt add to wishlist see all copies from $11.99! first editions
22	A short history of machine tools more books like this by L T C Rolt $55.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Traces the development of machine tools and workshop techniques and highlights the contributions of various toolmakers. see all copies from $21.20! SVS
23	The Dowty story more books like this by L. T. C. Rolt $8.64 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $8.64! first editions
24	The Steam Engine of Thomas Newcomen more books like this by L. T. C. Rolt $22.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist In 1977, the Newcomen Society produced this volume as a memorial to L.T.C. Rolt. It is an engineering biography about the life and work of Thomas Newcomen. Over the last two centuries, the fame of James Watt has eclipsed the efforts of all others. Yet, Thomas Newcomen was the first to produce a machine capable of providing power, other than that ... see all copies from $22.00!
25	The clouded mirror. more books like this by L. T. C. Rolt $17.20 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist see all copies from $5.40! new only from $5.40!

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