Invention and Discovery, by R and C Temple

Invention and Discovery
Ralph and Chandos Temple

Hardback in cellophane cover. Not bad condition for a book that’s over 130 years old. Spine rubbed and worn at ends; torn across the middle and small piece missing from back edge of spine. Moderate mottling of endpapers. Inside pages slightly yellowed but in good condition. Men’s Sunday Union presentation plate on inside front cover (dated 11.4.1892). John Bevan bookplate on front endpaper.

Contents include: Pasley & the Royal George, Arkwright, Stephenson, Wedgwood, James Watt, telegraph, explosives, chloroform, Sir Rowland Hill, tunnelling under the Thames, Sir Joseph Banks, photography and more.

442 pages
14 B&W illustrations
135 mm x 190 mm (approx. 5.25 in x 7.5 in)
1892, Hodder and Stoughton, London