Name: The Life of John Metcalf: Commonly Called Blind Jack of Knaresborough (Cambridge Library Collection - Technology) (en Inglés)
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Author: Metcalf, John
ISBN: 9781108079136

portada The Life of John Metcalf: Commonly Called Blind Jack of Knaresborough (Cambridge Library Collection - Technology) (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

John Metcalf

Editorial

Cambridge University Press

Año

2017

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

166

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

21.6 x 14.0 x 1.0 cm

Peso

0.22 kg.

ISBN13

9781108079136

Categorías

Reino unido
Historia de europa
Historia de la tecnología y la ingeniería

The Life of John Metcalf: Commonly Called Blind Jack of Knaresborough (Cambridge Library Collection - Technology) (en Inglés)

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Blinded by smallpox at the age of six, John Metcalf (1717-1810) led a life that might have featured in an eighteenth-century novel. Popularly known as 'Blind Jack of Knaresborough', Metcalf had many and varied careers, including musician, horse trader, fish supplier, textile merchant and stage-wagon operator. Developing a method for building roads on marshy ground, using heather and gorse as a foundation, he eventually became one of the eighteenth century's great road builders, laying over 120 miles of high-quality roads in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire and Cheshire. Published in 1795 and based on conversations with Metcalf, this book recounts his life in a series of anecdotes. Metcalf starts with his boyhood escapades, and his becoming an accomplished swimmer, climber and gambler. Among the later episodes recounted are his services in raising troops to fight Jacobite rebels, during which he was present at the battles of Falkirk Muir and Culloden.