(NASMYTH, J.).

James Nasmyth, Engineer. An Autobiography.

Edited by Samuel Smiles. Frontis. port. (foxed), 10 plates, & numerous illus. in the text. xviii, 456 pp., 4 pp. of ads. 8vo, orig. green cloth (title with some foxing), sides & spine stamped in gilt. London: J. Murray, 1883. First edition of the main biographical source on Nasmyth's life. "Although best known for his steam hammer, Nasmyth also did much to improve the design of machine tools in general. His mechanical skills were used to help William Lassell build a very fine Newtonian reflector, and he published astronomical observations of some interest."­D.S.B., IX, p. 615. Fine copy.

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