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Expansometer Make a road steam…carriage Desire to enter Maudslay's factory
CHAPTER 7 Henry Maudslay； London Voyage to London with specimens of workmanship First walk through London Visit to Henry Maudslay The interview Exhibit my specimens Taken on as assistant The private workshop Maudslay's constructive excellence His maxims Uniformity of screws Meeting with Henry Brougham David Wilkie Visit to the Admiralty Museum The Block machinery The Royal Mint Steam yacht trip to Richmond Lodgings taken 〃A clean crossing〃
CHAPTER 8 Maudslay's Private Assistant Enter Maudslay's service Rudimentary screw generator The guide screw Interview with Faraday Rate of wages Economical living My cooking stove Make model of marine steam…engine My collar…nut cutting machine Maudslay's elements of high…class workmanship Flat filing Standard planes Maudslay's 〃Lord Chancellor〃 Maudslay's Visitors General Bentham； Barton； Donkin and Chantrey The Cundell brothers Walks round London Norman architecture
CHAPTER 9 Holiday in the Manufacturing Districts Coaching trip to Liverpool Coventry English scenery 'The Rocket' The two Stephensons Opening of the railway William Fawcett Birkenhead Walk back to London Patricroft Manchester Edward Tootal Sharp； Roberts and Co。 Manchester industry Coalbrookdale The Black Country Dudley Castle Wren's Nest Hill Birmingham Boulton and Watt William Murdoch John Drain KenilworthWarwickOxfordWindsorLondon
CHAPTER 10 Begin Business at Manchester Stamping machine improved Astronomical instruments A reflecting telescope proposed Death of Maudslay Joshua Field 'Talking books' Leave Maudslay and Field Take temporary workshop in Edinburgh Archie Torry Construct a rotary steam…engine Prepare a stock of machine tools Visit to Liverpool John Cragg Visit to Manchester John Kennedy Grant Brothers Take a workshop Tools removed to Manchester A prosperous business begun Story of the brothers Grant Trip to Elgin and Castle Grant The brothers Cowper The printing machine Edward Cowper
CHAPTER 11 Bridgewater FoundryPartnership Demand for skilled labour Machine tools in request My flat overloaded A crash among the decanters The land at Patricroft Lease from Squire Trafford Bridgewater Foundary begun Trip to Londonderry The Giant's Causeway Cottage at Barton The Bridgewater canal Lord Francis Egerton Safety foundry ladle Holbrook Gaskell taken as partner His eventual retirement
CHAPTER 12 Free Trade in AbilityThe StrikeDeath of my Father Hugo de Lupus The Peter Stubb's files Worsley labourers Promotion from the ranks Free trade in ability Foreman lieutenants； Archie Torry James Hutton John Clarke Thomas Crewdson Trades' Union interference A strike ordered Workman advertised for A reinforcement of Scotch mechanics The strike scotched Millwrights and engineers Indenture…bound apprentices Visits of my father Enthusiastic reception His last work His death Testimony of Sir David Wilkie
CHAPTER 13 My MarriageThe Steam Hammer Preparations for a home Influence of chance occurrences Visit to Mr。 Hartop's near Barnsley Important interview Eventual marriage Great Western Railway locomotives Mr。 Humphries and 'Great Western' steamship Forging of paddle…shaft Want of range of existing hammers The first steam hammer sketched Its arrangement The paddle shaft abandoned My sketch copied and adopted My visit to Creuzot Find steam hammer in operation A patent taken out First steam hammer made in England Its general adoption Patent secured for United States
CHAPTER 14 Travels in France and Italy The French Minister of Marine at Paris RouenBayeuxCherbourgBrestRochefortIndret M。 Rosine Architecture of Nismes MarseillesToulonVoyage to NaplesGenoaPisa Bay of Naples The National Museum Visit to Vesuvius The edge of the crater Volcanic commotion Overflows of burning lava Wine…shop at Rosina Return ride to Naples
CHAPTER 15 Steam Hammer Pile…driver The Royal Dockyards Steam hammer for Devonport Scene at the first stroke My Lords of the Admiralty Steam hammer pile…driver required The new docks at Devonport The pile…driver delivered Its description Trail against the old method Its general adoption Happy thoughts Testing of chain cables and anchors Causes of failure Punctilliousness of officials at royal dockyards Egyptian workman employed Affiffi Lalli Letter from Faraday
CHAPTER 16 NurembergSt。 PetersburgDannemora。 Visit to Nuremberg Albert Durer Adam Krafft Visit to St。 Petersburg General Wilson General Greg Struve the astronomer Palaces and shops Ivy ornamentation The Emperor Nicholas a royal salute Francis Baird Work of Russian serfs The Izak Church Voyage to Stokholm Visit to Upsala The iron mines of Dannemora To Gottenburg by steamer Motala Trollhatten Falls Sweedish people Copenhagen Tycho Brahe； Zeland and Holstein Holland； and return
CHAPTER 17 More about Bridgewater FoundryWoolwich Arsenal Increased demand for self…acting tools Promotions of lads The Trades' Union again Strike against Platt Brothers Edward Tootal's advice Friendliness between engineering firms Small high…pressure engines Uses of waste steam Improvements in calico…printing Improvements at Woolwich Arsenal Enlargement of workshops Improved machine tools The gun foundry and laboratories Orders for Spain and Russia Rope factory machinery Russian Officers Grand Duke Constantine Lord Ellesmere's visitors Admiral Kornileff
CHAPTER 18 Astronomical pursuits Hobbies at home Drawing Washington Irving Pursuit of astronomy Wonders of the heavens Construction of a new speculum William Lassell Warren de la Rue Home…made reflecting telescope A ghost at Patricroft Twenty…inch diameter speculum Drawings of the moon's surface Structure of the moon Lunar craters Pico Wrinkles of age Extinct craters Landscape scenery of the moon Meeting of British Association at Edinburgh The Bass Rock Professor Owen Robert Chambers The grooved rocks Hugh Miller and boulder clay Lecture on the moon Visit the Duke of Argyll Basaltic formation at Mull The Giant's Causeway The great exhibition Steam hammer engine Prize medals Interview with the Queen and Prince Consort Lord Cockburn Visit to Bonally D。 O。 Hill
CHAPTER 19 More about Astronomy Sir David Brewster Edward Cowper's lecture Cause of the sun's light Lord Murray Sir T。 Mitchell The Milky Way Countless suns Infusoria in Bridgewater Canal Rotary movements of heavenly bodies Geological Society meeting Dr Vaugham Improvement of Small Arms Factory； Enfield Generosity of United States Government The Enfield Rifle
CHAPTER 20 Retirement from Business Letter from David Roberts； R。 A。 Puddling iron by steam The process tried Sir Henry Bessemer's invention Discussion at Cheltenham Bessemer's account Prepare to retire from business The Countess of Ellesmere The 〃Cottage in Kent〃 The 〃antibilious stock〃 Hammerfield； Penshurst Planting and gardening The Crystal Palace Music Tools and telescopes The greenhouse
CHAPTER 21 Active leisure Astronomy Lecture on the Moon Edinburgh Old friends Visit to the ContinentParis； Chartres； Nismes； Chamounix Art of photography Sir John Herschel Spots on the sun's surface E。J。 Stone De la Rue Visit from Sir John Herschel Cracking glass globe A million spots and letters Geological diagram Father Secchi at Rome Lord Lyndhurst Visit to Herschel His last letter Publication of The Moon Philip H。 Calderon Cardinal Manning Miss Herschel William Lassell Windmill grinding of speculum The dial of life End of recollections
List of Inventions and Contrivances
Articles on the Sun…Ray origin of the Pyramids and Cuneiform Character
AUTOBIOGRAPHY。
CHAPTER 1。 My Ancestry
Our history begins before we are born。 We represent the hereditary influences of our race； and our ancestors virtually live in us。 The sentiment of ancestry seems to be inherent in human nature； especially in the more civilised races。 At all events； we cannot help having a due regard for the history of our forefathers。 Our curiosity is stimulated by their immediate or indirect influence upon ourselves。 It may be a generous enthusiasm； or； as some might say； a harmless vanity； to take pride in the honour of their name。 The gifts of nature； however； are more valuable than those of fortune； and no line of ancestry； however honourable； can absolve us from the duty of diligent application and perseverance； or from the practice of the virtues of self…control and self…help。
Sir Bernard Burke； in his Peerage and Baronetage Ed 1879 Pp 885…6； gives a faithful account of the ancestors from whom I am lineally descended。 〃The family of Naesymth； he says； 〃is one of remote antiquity in Tweeddale； and has possessed lands there since the 13th century。〃 They fought in the wars of Bruce and Baliol； which ended in the independence of Scotland。
The following is the family legend of the origin of the name of Naesymth：
In the troublous times which prevailed in Scotland before the union of the Crowns； the feuds between the King and the Barons were almost constant。 In the reign of James III。 the House of Douglas was the most prominent and ambitious。 The Earl not only resisted his liege lord； but entered into a combination with the King of England； from whom he received a pension。 He was declared a rebel； and his es
