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A history of engineering

PART I. - Introduction. I. Ancient Engineering. II. The history of measurement. III. Docks and Harbours. IV. Canals. V. Roads and Bridges. VI. The age of steam. VII. Railway and locomotive engineering. PART II. VIII. The influence of progress in iron and steel manufacture on engineering development. IX. Gas and oil engineering. X. The age of electricity. XI. Organization of personnel in the engineering industry. APPENDIX I. Memorandum of agreement between the engineering and the national employers Federations and the amalgamated Engineering Union.

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