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Iron Men
How One London Factory Powered the Industrial Revolution and Shaped the Modern World
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454
ISBN-13:
9781783085477
Veröffentl:
2016
Seiten:
230
Autor:
David Waller
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
2 - DRM Adobe
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
In the early nineteenth century, Henry Maudslay, an engineer from a humble background, opened a factory in Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, a stone's throw from the Thames. Maudslay invented precision engineering, which made the industrial revolution possible, helping Great Britain become the workshop of the world.
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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