Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Historical Survey of the Boiler Makers' and Iron and Steel Ship Builders' Society: From August, 1834, to August, 1904, With a Brief Sketch of the Life and Work of Its Leading Officials; Comparisons Between Boilermaking, Shipbuilding, Bridgebuilding in the Early Days of Its History and of Modern Times; And Interesting Arbitration Awards
Mr. R. Knight, writing in 1872, said: It is sad, but true, that we have no record of the many years of our Society's past existence, and to write its history would be impossible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
