Victorian Science and Engineering: Portrayed in the Illustrated London News

by Kenneth Chew, Anthony Wilson

Reflecting an age of enormous advances in science, engineering and technology, the illustrations reproduced here cover triumphs, disasters and developments of the period -- such as the launch of the SS Great Britain, the Tay Bridge disaster and the invention of the telephone and phonograph -- from the pages of the Illustrated London News.

148 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1993

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A wasted opportunity. Too many portraits of famous people, and royalty doing stuff. I wanted more of the illustrations that bring the Victorians to life, like the bicycle pictures. Also the writing wasn’t the best.