Inventors at Work, with Chapters on Discovery
George Iles, a Canadian-born writer on science and technology, published Inventors at Work in 1906 to show how inventors think and what principles guide their work. He groups his material by idea rather than by biography, beginning with form: how girders, rails, bridges, arches, wheels and ships are shaped for strength, lightness and low resistance. Later chapters take up size, the properties of materials from steel to radium, measurement, observation, experiment and the making of theories, with portraits of Newton, Faraday, Bell, Bessemer and Nobel at work. Hundreds of short examples, from Palladio's truss to reinforced concrete, illustrate the argument. It is an enthusiastic portrait of engineering in the age of steel and electricity. It is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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