James Nasmyth, Engineer
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- An Autobiography
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1. Front matter2. CHAPTER 21 Active leisure Astronomy Lecture on the Moon Edinburgh Old friends Visit to the Continent—Paris, 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 recollections3. CHAPTER 1. My Ancestry4. CHAPTER 2. Alexander Nasmyth5. CHAPTER 3. An Artist's Family.6. CHAPTER 4. My Early Years.7. CHAPTER 5. My School-days.8. CHAPTER 6. Mechanical Beginnings.9. CHAPTER 7. Henry Maudslay, London10. CHAPTER 8. Maudslay's Private Assistant11. CHAPTER 9. Holiday in the Manufacturing Districts.12. CHAPTER 10. Begin Business at Manchester13. CHAPTER 11. Bridgewater Foundry—Partnership.14. CHAPTER 12. Free Trade in Ability—The Strike—Death of my Father15. CHAPTER 13. My Marriage—The Steam Hammer16. CHAPTER 14. Travels in France and Italy.17. CHAPTER 15. Steam Hammer Pile-driver.18. CHAPTER 16. Nuremberg—St. Petersburg—Dannemora.19. CHAPTER 17. More about Bridgewater Foundry—Woolwich Arsenal.20. CHAPTER 18. Astronomical pursuits.21. CHAPTER 19. More about Astronomy.22. CHAPTER 20. Retirement from Business.23. CHAPTER 21. Active leisure.24. CHAPTER 21. Active leisure. (continued 2)