Archibald Williams

Archibald Williams (1871–1934) was an English writer of popular books on science, engineering and invention, many of them addressed to boys. Educated at Oxford, he produced for Thomas Nelson and other publishers a long series that included The Romance of Modern Invention, The Romance of Mining, The Romance of Modern Engineering, Victories of the Engineer and How It Works, the last an explanation in simple language of steam, electricity, optics, hydraulics and the machines of everyday life. He also wrote on petroleum, locomotives and conjuring, and his books were widely reprinted in Britain and America through the early twentieth century.