Rolt L.T.C. Great Engineers

St. Martins's Press, 1962. — 245 p.Great Engineers tells the story of the Industrial Revolution in England – by far the most significant revolution the world has ever known – through the lives of ten men. The author has avoided some famous engineers of whom there are already many short biographies. Instead he has chosen ten of the great but less well-known men whose work notably influenced the course of engineering history.