A nuts and bolts history of engineering enterprise in the first half of the nineteenth century, based on the life and work of Henry Maudslay and his followers
A nuts and bolts history of engineering enterprise in the first half of the nineteenth century, based on the life and work of Henry Maudslay and his followersHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
David Waller is an author, business consultant and former Financial Times journalist specialising in business and the nineteenth century.
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Preface: The Queen and the Machines 1. Building Blocks and Boring Machines - The Portsmouth Block Factory 2. Maudslays - The Most Complete Factory in the Kingdom 3. The Maudslay Men 4. A Wonderful Undertaking - The Thames Tunnel 5. Richard Roberts and the Iron Man of Manchester 6. Charles Babbage, Joseph Clement, and the Mechanization of Thought 7. The True Birth of the Railways 8. James Hall Nasmyth - The Steam-Hammer and Entrepreneurial Triumph in Manchester 9. The Maudslay Men and the Transport Revolution 10.The Turn of the Screws - Sir Joseph Whitworth and the Quest for Mechanical Perfection 11. The Great Lock Controversy of 1851 12. Capital vs Labour: The Great Lock-Out of 1852 13. Instruments of Destruction 14. Endings and Legacies
Preface: The Queen and the Machines 1. Building Blocks and Boring Machines - The Portsmouth Block Factory 2. Maudslays - The Most Complete Factory in the Kingdom 3. The Maudslay Men 4. A Wonderful Undertaking - The Thames Tunnel 5. Richard Roberts and the Iron Man of Manchester 6. Charles Babbage, Joseph Clement, and the Mechanization of Thought 7. The True Birth of the Railways 8. James Hall Nasmyth - The Steam-Hammer and Entrepreneurial Triumph in Manchester 9. The Maudslay Men and the Transport Revolution 10.The Turn of the Screws - Sir Joseph Whitworth and the Quest for Mechanical Perfection 11. The Great Lock Controversy of 1851 12. Capital vs Labour: The Great Lock-Out of 1852 13. Instruments of Destruction 14. Endings and Legacies
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