Publisher's Synopsis
Contents: Part I: A Survey: The Transfer of Industrial Technologies to Early America; Part II: Case Studies: William Weston, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, and the Philadelphia Plan for Internal Improvements; Eleuthere Irenee du Pont: "Eleve des Poudres" to American Gunpowder Manufacturer; Moncure Robinson and the Origin of American Railroad Technology; and David Thomas and the Anthracite Iron Revolution. Bibliography. Maps and drawings.