The Past at Work

Science & Math

Anthony Burton

Clive Coote

Technology

Andre Deutsch, BBC

This introduction to Britain's seafaring history, which accompanies an eight-part BBC television series, fascinatingly recreates our maritime past in words and pictures.  Sailing for pleasure is a surprisingly modern pastime.  Two centuries ago virtually every boat on the water was there to do a job of work.  So this book tells the absorbing story of the working vessels of the past: How they were designed and built, what sails and rigging they carried; how and when steam took over.  All these details together made, and sometimes changed, the lives of those who lived and worked on the sea.  The Past Afloat shows us preserved ships, ports and maritime museums; and reconstructs the working lives of a wide variety of vessels, from the early sailing ships like the Humber keel to the battleships of World War II.  The meticulously researched text will serve as a detailed guide to maritime collections in Britain, and the photographs vividly evoke the atmosphere of those early days at sea

The Past Afloat

History

Europe

Deutsch BBC

Steaming Through Britain

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

David&Charles

The Rainhill story: The great locomotive trial

CONTAINS A PLEASING NUMBER OF LOVELY COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS. PARTIAL LIST OF KEYWORDS: Aire and Calder navigation; Ashby Canal; Ashton Canal; Basingstoke Canal; Birmingham and Fazeley Canal; Brecon and Abergavenny Canal; Bridgewater Canal; James Brindley; Bude Canal; Calder and Hebble Navigation; Caledonian Canal; Canal du Midi; Cheddleton Mill; Chesterfield Canal; Claverton pump; Josiah Clowes; Coventry Canal; Crinan Canal; Crofton pumps; Cromford Canal; Dudley Canal; Ellesmere Canal; Exeter Canal; Forth and Clyde Canal; Glamorgan Canal; Gloucester and Sharpness Canal; Grand Contour Canal; Grand Junction Canal; Grand Union Canal; Huddersfield Narrow Canal; Marquis Jouffroy d'Abbons; Kennet and Avon Canal; Kennet Navigation; Lancaster Canal; Leeds and Liverpool Canal; Llangollen Canal; John Longbottom; Macclesfield Canal; Manchester ship Canal; Montgomery Canal; Neath Canal; New Junction Canal; Benjamin Outram; Oxford Canal; etc.

Canals in Colour

Business & Money

Blandford Press

Revolutionary violence: The theories

Crane, Russak & Co.

European Art in the Victoria and Albert Museum

Scala/Philip Wilson

For centuries, most textile manufacturing relied on people working in their own homes. All that changed in 1761 when Richard Arkwright began construction of the first water-powered cotton mill in Derbyshire. Soon mills spread across the north of England and into Scotland and tasks were taken out of the cottage into the factory. Later, power looms began to take over from the handlooms, but not without fierce resistance - these were the years of Luddism and machine breaking. The new machines did not require the same skills and thousands of children were recruited, many living in special apprentice houses. Conditions were harsh and the children worked with dangerous machinery. There were employers, such as Robert Owen of New Lanark, who reduced the children's hours and gave them an education. As the industry developed so towns grew and many developed appalling slums. The arrival of steam power brought its own problems - woollen towns lived under a permanent pall of smoke, but for many the biggest problem was the noise - and mechanisation did not mean an end to hard work. There was a time when Britain sent textiles around the world: this is the story of the workforce, mainly women and children, who made this possible - and created the factory age.

Life in the Mill

The History Press LTD

This illustrated guide gives descriptions of toys, dolls, games, puppets and children's costumes. It is both a history of the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood and an examination of the paraphernalia of childhood. The museum is an outstation of the V&A Museum.

Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood: A Guide

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

V&A Publications

The Caledonian Canal (Aurum Canal Route Guides for Boaters, Walkers & Cyclists)

Aurum Press Ltd

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