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The Clouded Mirror

The Clouded Mirror

L.T.C Rolt

In these evocative and elegiac writings L. T. C. Rolt meditates on landscape, history, poetry, steam railways, vintage cars and the endless summer days of his childhood.
The Steam Engine of Thomas Newcomen

The Steam Engine of Thomas Newcomen

L. T. C. Rolt

Originally published in 1977 as a memorial to Rolt, this is an authoritative biography on the life and work of Thomas Newcomen, the first to produce a machine capable of providing power, other than that derived from man, animals or the ...
Winterstoke

Winterstoke

L.T.C. Rolt

This ebook edition first published in 2015 by Faber & Faber Ltd Bloomsbury House 74–77 Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DA All rights reserved © The Estate of L. T. C. Rolt, 1954 Introductory remarks © individual contributors, 2015 The ...
Red for Danger: The Classic History of British Railway Disasters

Red for Danger: The Classic History of British Railway Disasters

L. T. C. Rolt

First published in 1955, and the result of Rolt’s careful investigation and study of the verbatim reports and findings by H. M. Inspectorate of Railways, this book was the first work to record the history of railway disasters, and it ...
Great engineers

Great engineers

L. T. C. Rolt

Tells the story of the Industrial Revolution in England through the lives of ten men.
Brunel: A Pocket Biography

Brunel: A Pocket Biography

L. T. C. Rolt

This book traces Brunel's life and career, the man of immense energy who came to dominate civil engineering in the 19th century and whose legacy can still be seen nearly two centuries later.
Narrow Boat

Narrow Boat

L. T. C. Rolt

This engaging book tells the story of how he and his wife adapted and fitted out the boat as a home, and recreates the journey of some 400 miles that they made along the network of waterways in the Midlands.
A short history of machine tools

A short history of machine tools

L. T. C. Rolt

Traces the development of machine tools and workshop techniques and highlights the contributions of various toolmakers.
The Jurist

The Jurist

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Rolt, for John James Procter, the only surviving infant son of Mr. Procter by his late wife.—I submit that the word “children” is not a word of limitation, but one of purchase. The first part of the bequest is, no doubt, an absolute gift, but there is a  ...

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