Welcome to our book review site go-pdf.online!
You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
William N. Armstrong Title Abstract and Will
Original abstract of a land title and will.
William Armstrong
William Armstrong was a brilliant and charismatic figure of the 19th Century – a self-made man whose achievements are now being more widely recognised. Inventor, scientist, engineer, and an early advocator of renewable energy, he built a pioneering house in Northumberland in the North East of England called Cragside, the first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity. Armstrong's industrial powerhouse Elswick Works on the Tyne employed over 25,000 people in its heyday manufacturing hydraulic cranes, warships and armaments. He was a visionary who was loved, and hated, and feared in equal measure. While he brought great fame and fortune to his native Newcastle upon Tyne, and to his country as a whole, he was condemned in some quarters as 'a merchant of death' for his manufacturing of weapons of war. 'This intimate, authoritative portrait reveals as never before the extraordinary achievements of a multi-faceted Victorian giant.' David Kynaston 'An excellent book – hugely enjoyable.' Alexander Armstrong
Sermons, Chiefly for the Poor and Unlearned. by William Armstrong
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence prese...
J. Armstrong to William North Concerning Military and Personal Matters, 24 May 1798
Possibly John Armstrong. Discusses military and personal matters, and sends North the name of a friend.
William Armstrong Letter Copy Book
A copy book belonging to William Armstrong, where are recorded several letters to European businesss contacts, mostly in Liverpool. Some letters also addressed "my dearly beloved wife." Armstrong was posssibly a sailor or merchant who arrived in Brazil in 1838 and travelled aboard ships around Brazil and Europe for the next decade trafficking in various goods. Some ships named include the Traveller and the Cybelle. Letters are addressed from Pernambuco, Bahia, or Trieste and dated between 1838 and 1850.
