James Watt and the steam revolution: A documentary history

ROBINSON, Eric

Adams & Dart

Miniature Wood Carvings of Africa

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Fagg, William Buller

Crafts & Hobbies

Prehistoric Technology: An Experimental Study of the oldest Tools and Artefacts from traces of Manufacture and Wear

S.A. Semenov

Two views of British India: The private correspondence of Mr. Dundas and Lord Wellesley, 1798-1801;

History

Melville, Henry Dundas

Asia

Autobiography of Joseph Priestley: memoirs written by himself;: [and], An account of further discoveries in air;

Priestley, Joseph 1733-1804

Excerpt from Small Talk at WreylandIn case this volume should be ready by anyone who has not read its predecessor, I am quoting these three paragraphs from that by way of explanation.And first, about the place itself,Wreyland is land by the Wrey, a little stream in Devonshire. The Wrey flows into the Bovey, and the Bovey into the Teign, and the Teign flows out into the sea at Teignmouth. The land is on the east side of the Wrey, just opposite the village of Lustleigh. It forms a manor, and gives its name to a hamlet of six houses, of which this is one.Secondly, about my writing all these things,Down here, when any of the older natives die, I hear people lamenting that so much local knowledge has died with them, and saying that they should have written things down. Fearing that this might soon be said of me, I got a book last Christmas - 1916 - and began to write things down. I meant to keep to local matters, hut have gone much further than I meant.Thirdly, about my publishing what I had written,I wrote this little book for private circulation; and it was actually in type, and ready for printing, before its publication was suggested. I feel some diffidence in inviting strangers to read what I intended only for my personal friends. But it all seems to hang together, and I have not omitted anything.Since that was published I have gone on writing things down in the same way as before. And now I find that I have written enough to make another volume of the same extent; and I hope it is no worse.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Small Talk at Wreyland

Simmons, Jack

TORR,Cecil

Europe

In this documentary account about railway workshop rule books, the author presents extremely rare rule-books and rule-sheets to analyze the development of industrial labor relations as the new railway industry grew. He shows how, over the course of 125 years, they have been modified  by changing conditions and the growth of trade unions. He quotes generously from them to show how railway companies, among the largest employers of engineering workers, enforced discipline in an industry where many of the labourers were inexperienced. Those in charge were frequently autocratic in their methods and aided in their efforts to enforce the rules by the constant threat of unemployment. 115 pages.

Working to rule: Railway workshop rules: a study of industrial discipline

Business & Money

Hudson, Kenneth

Management & Leadership

A perambulation of Kent

Lambarde, William

Cut-steel and Berlin iron jewellery

Clifford, Anne

Prehistoric man in Wales and the west;: Essays in honour of Lily F. Chitty

LYNCH, Frances & Colin Burgess

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