MEMOIR OF A MECHANIC: Being a Sketch of the Life of Timothy Claxton, Written by Himself. Together with Miscellaneous Papers.
Pp. [ii]+vii+[7](brief biography by Jim Lowden, plus Claxton's will)+160+10(advertisements), text figures; pictorial stiff paper wrappers with flap folds; Lowden Publishing Co., Melbourne, 2006. First edition. The Mechanics Series: No. 1. *Timothy Claxton (1790-1848) founded the London Mechanical Institution in 1817. In 1823, after 3 years in Russia, he sailed to..... More