Late great engineers: Henrietta Vansittart - tragic trailblazer  for women engineers - The Engineer Self-taught screw propeller pioneer Henrietta Vansittart is recognised as one of the first women to work as an engineer

Henrietta Vansittart: The self-taught Victorian marine engineer who advanced the screw propeller, patenting the "Lowe-Vansittart propeller" in 1868. #WomenInSTEM #HistoryOfEngineering

Launching Wednesday: The early printing collection of Jaroslav Polivka (1886-1960). Polivka was Frank Lloyd Wright's structural engineer and is best known for his work on the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

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Our new catalogue of early engineering books will launch this Wednesday. DM to be placed on the list.

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