Investing Uncle Ben's Legacy. A Tale of Mining and Matrimonial Speculations

Books about Engineering are concerned with the design, construction, and operation of mechanical machines, operating systems of various kinds, and the design and management of public and private infrastructure projects. Titles include: A chronological history of electrical development from 600 B.C., A Practical Treatise on Lightning Protection, A Handbook for Steam Users, A few useful shop hints on locomotive valve setting, Asphalt Construction for Pavements and Highways, Concrete-Block Manufacture; Processes and Machines, Drainage Engineering, Die Technik des Deutschen Emissionsgeschäfts, Earthwork and Its Cost, with a Chapter on Ditching and Trenching Machinery, Elektrometallurgie und Galvanotechnik, Girder-Making and the Practice of Bridge Building in Wrought Iron, Mill building construction, The Engineers' Manual, Tools and Machines, and The triumphs of steam; or, stories from the lives of Watt, Arkwright, and Stephenson.

Reference books on Economics topics include: Guide to the Law of Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes, and the list of the country-bankers of England and Wales.

Economic History titles examine corporations, business ventures or economies that populated the past, and can shed light on broader economic processes. Analytical methods in this area are mostly narrative, but include statistical analysis and apply principles drawn from economic theory to explain and understand historical phenomena. Specific topics include: United States Steel Corporation, Bank of Nova Scotia, political economy in England, Studebaker Corporation, Railway Companies of Scotland, Money in America, London money market, and the Union Pacific railroad.

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