Rolt, L. T. C. 1910-1974

Overview

Works:	168 works in 714 publications in 2 languages and 11,158 library holdings
Genres:	History Biography Pictorial works Juvenile works
Roles:	Compiler, Editor
Classifications:	TJ1185, 926.2

Publication Timeline

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Publications about L. T. C Rolt

Publications by L. T. C Rolt

Publications by L. T. C Rolt, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about L. T. C Rolt

Landscape with machines: an autobiography by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
Narrow boat by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
Landscape with canals by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
Landscape with figures : the final part of his autobiography by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
Green and silver. With photos. by Angela Rolt by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )

Railway adventure by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
The landscape trilogy by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
Tom Rolt and the Cress years by Ian Mackersey ( Book )
L.T.C. Rolt : a bibliography by Ian Rogerson ( Book )
L.T.C. Rolt: books and monographs by Ian Rogerson ( Book )
Landscape with canals : the second part of his autobiography by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
Landscape with machines : the first part of his autobiography by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
The landscape trilogy : the autobiography of L.T.C. Rolt by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
L. T. C. Rolt, [May 11, 1974 ] ( )

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Most widely held works by L. T. C Rolt

The railway revolution; George and Robert Stephenson by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
35 editions published between 1960 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 811 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is a biography of George and Robert Stephenson, the father and son combination who initiated the age of the railway. Written by L. T. C. Rolt, the author adds engineering knowledge to his biographical skills

The aeronauts; a history of ballooning, 1783-1903 by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
13 editions published between 1966 and 1985 in English and Undetermined and held by 784 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A complete history of balloons and the intrepid men who flew in them. To tavel in a ballon in the eighteenth and ninteenth centuries was the equivalent in braving the unknown of today's voyages in space. The author describes the first manned ascents, the first navigable balloons, steam, electric and petrol-engined, and the use of balloons in war

A short history of machine tools by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
7 editions published between 1965 and 1966 in English and held by 676 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Traces the development of machine tools and workshop techniques and highlights the contributions of various toolmakers

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a biography by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
46 editions published between 1957 and 1990 in English and Undetermined and held by 626 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
By use of private papers hitherto unavailable to biographers, the author reveals the 19th-century England engineer who imparted more momentum to the greatest social revolution in all history than any other single man

The steam engine of Thomas Newcomen by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
11 editions published between 1977 and 1997 in English and held by 485 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Victorian engineering by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
26 editions published between 1970 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 477 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thomas Newcomen; the prehistory of the steam engine by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
18 editions published between 1963 and 1968 in English and Undetermined and held by 461 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thomas Telford by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
26 editions published between 1958 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 389 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

James Watt by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
11 editions published between 1962 and 1964 in English and Undetermined and held by 388 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Red for danger : a history of railway accidents and railway safety by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
33 editions published between 1955 and 1986 in English and Undetermined and held by 342 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Navigable waterways by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
15 editions published between 1969 and 1985 in English and Undetermined and held by 300 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

From sea to sea: the Canal du Midi by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
7 editions published between 1973 and 1974 in English and French and held by 298 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Great engineers by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
9 editions published between 1962 and 1966 in English and held by 296 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tells the story of the Industrial Revolution in England through the lives of ten men

The inland waterways of England by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
24 editions published between 1950 and 1979 in English and Undetermined and held by 281 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The making of a railway by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
13 editions published between 1971 and 1999 in English and held by 223 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tools for the job; a short history of machine tools by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
9 editions published between 1965 and 1968 in English and Undetermined and held by 174 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tools for the job : a history of machine tools to 1950 by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
8 editions published between 1965 and 1986 in English and held by 168 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A picture history of motoring by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
7 editions published between 1956 and 1957 in English and Undetermined and held by 167 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The mechanicals: progress of a profession by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
9 editions published in 1967 in English and held by 154 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Waterloo Ironworks: a history of Taskers of Andover, 1809-1968 by L. T. C Rolt ( Book )
6 editions published in 1969 in English and held by 144 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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