Sir Thomas Lombe (1685-1739) and the British silk industry -- John Wilkinson, ironmaster (1728-1808) -- The canal duke: Francis Egerton, third duke of Bridgewater (1736-1803) -- Samuel Crompton (1753-1827), the inventor of the spinning mule -- [Major John Cartwright and Rev. Dr. Edmund Cartwright] the Cartwright Brothers: their contribution to the woollen industry -- McAdam the roadmaker (1756-1836) -- [George Stephenson and Robert Stephenson] the Stephensons, father and son -- Sir Henry Bessemer and the coming of cheap steel -- Ludwig [Mond] and Alfred Mond (1839-1930)
