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Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: The great Victorian engineers who inspired Fred Dibnah. Fred Dibnah was a man born out of his time. His era should have been the 'magnificent age of British engineering' — the nineteenth century — and his heroes were the great industrial engineers of the period whose prolific innovations and dedicated work ethic inspired a national mood of optimism and captured the hearts of the British public.…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: In 2004, after felling his last chimney and retiring from steeplejacking, Fred took to the road on his engine for the BBC series Made in Britain. Travelling the length and breadth of the country, his intention was to seek out the remarkable achievements of the craftsmen, engineers, inventors and industrial workers whose endeavour made engines like Fred's possible. It was a journey that took him…