The Creators of the Age of Steel (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Creators of the Age of Steel (Classic Reprint) written by William T. Jeans and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Creators of the Age of Steel In like manner in our shipping trade, where iron or steel has almost entirely superseded wood, in 1881 only one man was employed where three were needed in 1850 while the number of hands only increased 36 per cent, the tonnage carried increased 360 per cent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.